4265 - 81 King Street North, Dublin 07

Berndt Klyvare 1960

Berndt Klyvare 1960

Research metadata

RPS Ref. No.: 4265 (Dublin City Council Record of Protected Structures) [7]
Overall identification confidence: High — a single, unambiguous, well-documented terraced house (No. 81), corroborated by the Irish Georgian Society, NIAH-derived survey material and the practice that occupies it. [1][2]
Vacancy / dereliction status at a glance: Occupied and in active use as architects' offices; carefully restored and maintained — not vacant or derelict, and not on the Derelict Sites Register (unlike several neighbouring North King Street properties). (High) [1][2][6]

Quick facts

Address / Eircode	81 North King Street (King Street North), Smithfield, Dublin 7 — Eircode not confirmed for No. 81 (Unverified)
Building type	Terraced two-bay four-storey house over basement, with adjoining carriage arch to east
Period / date	Built c.1750, rebuilt c.1800 (NIAH group date range 1720–1780)
Heritage refs (RPS / NIAH)	RPS 4265; recorded in the NIAH Dublin survey (exact NIAH Reg. No. Unverified)
Apparent status	Occupied / in active use (offices)
On Derelict Sites Register?	No (No. 81 not listed; neighbouring 78–80 and 60–66 are/were)
On Vacant Sites Register?	Unknown / not confirmed
Owner	Private (occupied by Kelly & Cogan Architects)

Summary

No. 81 North King Street is a mid-eighteenth-century terraced house (built c.1750, rebuilt c.1800) with an adjoining carriage arch, in the historic Oxmantown / Smithfield district of Dublin 7, and a protected structure (RPS 4265). [1][7] It is a rare survivor that has been carefully conserved and is in active use as the offices of Kelly & Cogan Architects, and so — unlike several neighbouring properties on the street — it is neither vacant nor derelict; the principal risk to it is the impact of proposed redevelopment on the directly adjoining site at Nos. 77–80. [1][2]

Identification

Address: 81 North King Street (King Street North), Smithfield, Dublin 7. [1]
Eircode (if found): Not confirmed for No. 81. (Unverified) (The directly adjoining Nos. 77–80 site is recorded as D07 TP22.) [2]
Building type(s): Terraced two-bay four-storey house over basement, with an adjoining carriage arch to the east; in use as offices. [1]
Approx. date of construction / period: Built c.1750, rebuilt c.1800; the NIAH architectural appraisal covering Nos. 77, 80, 81 and 85 gives a group construction range of 1720–1780. (High for c.1750/c.1800; Medium for the group range) [1][3]
Architect / builder: Original architect/builder not established. (Unverified) The building's recent conservation was carried out by RIAI/RIBA conservation-accredited practice Kelly & Cogan Architects, which occupies it. (High) [1][4]
RPS / NIAH / other heritage references: RPS 4265 (Dublin City Council); recorded in the NIAH Dublin survey (exact NIAH Reg. No. not confirmed in this search). (High for RPS; Unverified for NIAH Reg. No.) [7][3]
Coordinates / map link: On the north side of North King Street between Smithfield and Bolton Street; precise coordinates for No. 81 not captured in this search. (Unverified) [10]
Building-match confidence & ambiguity notes: High — No. 81 is individually named and described in multiple sources; no ambiguity. It sits within a terrace of protected structures (Nos. 85, 86, 88, 89 nearby) and directly adjoins the Nos. 77–80 development site. [2]