The Harbourmaster Dublin

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The Harbourmaster
Monument in Dublin Docklands

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Alternative name: Dock Offices
Protected Structure in Dublin
Registration number.: 2095
location
Address: Custom House Docks
District: Dublin 1
Coordinates: 53 ° 20 '59.2 "  N , 6 ° 14' 56.7"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 20 '59.2 "  N , 6 ° 14' 56.7"  W.
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history
Construction year: around 1830
use
original use: Headquarters of the port administration
current usage: Pub and restaurant

The Harbourmaster (Monument Number : 2095). built around 1830, is located in the Custom House Docks in Dublin Docklands . Its original use as the harbor master's house and thus the seat of the harbor administration has been abandoned. Today there is a pub and a restaurant .

history

The Georgian- style building was initially named Dock Offices . It was the main center of the Dublin port, where e.g. B. the crane costs, the towing fees, the pilotage fees and the mooring of shipping traffic were regulated. The Harbourmaster, overlooking George's Dock, was in the middle of customs traffic. The harbor master's seat was subsequently relocated to the Alexandra Basin and the complex was sold to the Thomas Read Group. As part of the Docklands redevelopment project , the complex was rebuilt by its new owner around 2000 and has been a pub and restaurant ever since.

modification

The golden lettering “Dock Offices” can still be found in the middle of the wall next to the entrance. On the western side of the free-standing two-story complex is a three-story tower with painted metal clocks on each side, on which is a wooden louvred bell tower with a vaulted roof and weathercock. The masonry of the Harbourmaster is made of yellow bricks, and on the west side there is a conservatory that was added during the renovation work. During the renovation work, care was taken to preserve the original character of the building and only to change the interior design significantly, so the Harbourmaster developed between the office buildings into a main contact point at George's Dock.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dublin City Council (ed.): Record of Protected Structures in Dublin City. URL: http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-planning-heritage-and-conservation-conservation/protected-structures , accessed on May 4, 2016
  2. ↑ Burnbury Turtle: The Docklands - The Harbor Master. 2005 - 2014. URL: http://www.turtlebunbury.com/published/published_books/docklands/custom_house_docks/pub_books_docklands_chq_harbourmaster.html , accessed May 4, 2016
  3. ^ Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (eds.): The Harbourmaster, George's Dock, Harbourmaster Place, Dublin, Dublin City: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. URL: http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DU®no=50010128 , accessed May 4, 2016