Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin
- Provost's House, Trinity College, Dublin
The Provost's House dates from the 1760s and was built for Provost Andrews of Trinity College. It has a Palladian design with a central Venetian window and doric pilasters and is similar to that built by Lord Burlington in London in the 1830s.
It lies at the north end of Grafton Street near the corner with Nassau Street.
John Smith may have designed the exterior and Henry Keene the interior.
External links
* [http://ireland.archiseek.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/trinity/trinprov.htm Archiseek entry on the Provost's House]
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