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No's. 40-41 Gardiner Street Lower in Dublin are a pair of terraced two-bay, four-storey over basement, late Georgian townhouses built together in c.1836. No.40 was in use as a hotel since 1880, while No.41 was in residential use until the 1970s. By that time it was interlinked with No.40 to form part of what was, by then, ‘The Avondale’ Bed & Breakfast. The guesthouse closed in 2019 and was vacant until refurbishment works commenced in January 2024. At this juncture the properties were in a state of advanced deterioration.

Extensive conservation works involved the removal of non-original accretions, consolidation of masonry facades, provision of historically appropriate windows and the reinstatement of historic floorplans.

During the course of works, a series of interconnected vaulted basement cellars were uncovered to the rear of the buildings.

Status:, Completed, Spring 2025.

View of front elevation from Gardiner Street Lower.

Restored brick elevation to rear of No. 41 Gardiner St. Lwr.

Detail of restored brickwork and refurbished sash windows to rear of No.41 Gardiner St. Lwr.

View of the the restored rear elevation, return and rear courtyard to No.40 Gardiner St. Lwr. including the granite steps and railings leading to the entrance to the uncovered basement vaults.

View of preservation works to the uncovered basement vaults to the rear of the building

Detail of lighwell opening to the vaulted cellar spaces to the rear at basement Level

View of the rear elevation indicating the building condition before the conservation works

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