5-406: Powerscourt House may refer to: Powerscourt House, Dublin , Ireland, a townhouse and shopping centre A house on Powerscourt Estate near Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland See also [ edit ] Powerscourt (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-650: Is the former Dublin townhouse of Viscount Powerscourt and now the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre , located on South William Street, Dublin . It was constructed in the eighteenth century for Richard Wingfield, 3rd Viscount Powerscourt . He was a member of the Irish House of Lords . The townhouse enabled him and his family to stay there when they were visiting from their Powerscourt Estate in Enniskerry , County Wicklow . The house
15-660: The House of Lords in London. Many other peers also sold their palatial Dublin residences, which led to an economic and cultural decline of the city. The government bought the property for £15,000 and between 1811 and 1835 the Stamp Office, where impressed stamp duty newspaper stamps, a form of revenue stamp were applied to newspapers, journals and periodicals, was located in Powerscourt House. Powerscourt House
20-601: The title Powerscourt House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Powerscourt_House&oldid=1008666998 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Powerscourt House, Dublin Powerscourt House
25-497: Was designed by Robert Mack and dates from between 1771 and 1774, and has been characterised as the "last-gasp Palladianism on a grand scale on a narrow street". The court at the rear of the building was created with the addition of three brown-brick office buildings from 1809 to 1811. Within a couple of years of the abolition of the Parliament of Ireland , the viscount sold this Dublin residence since he received his seat now at
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