Blackhall Place
Blackhall Place is a street in Dublin, Ireland which was laid out in the 1780s on the area which previously formed Oxmantown green.
It runs from Stoneybatter in the north to the River Liffey and the James Joyce Bridge.
History
Blackhall Place, along with the adjoining Blackhall Parade, Blackhall Street, Blackhall Green, and Blackhall Row in Dublin 7 are all named for Sir Thomas Blackhall, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1769-70 and governor of the Blue Coat School at the time of the new building's construction. Blackhall Place first appears on maps in 1822 while earlier Blackhall Street appears from 1789 and Blackhall market and row from 1787. It broadly follows the plan for the area surrounding the school first set out by Thomas Ivory in 1775 and continued after his death in 1786. The main school building has been occupied by the Law Society of Ireland since the 1970s after being vacated by the school in 1969.Much of the area around the street was originally occupied by the nearby St. Paul's Church and churchyard from around 1700 onwards.
The original street did not meet the river, and was extended to meet Benburb Street in 1886.
Most of the original Georgian houses have been demolished, with a small number of surviving examples. On the corner of Blackhall Place and Hendrick Street, there is a former Methodist chapel, known as the Gravel Walk Methodist Church. This was rebuilt in 1841.
The area around Blackhall Place, and the construction of the James Joyce Bridge was part of the 1996 Historic Area Rejuvenation Project.
Housing scheme
In the late 19th century, the Dublin City Council developed a plot to create a new street as well as renovating existing tenements located in Blackhall Place. This plot involved the local finance and leases committee selling the property to the Artisans' Dwellings Committee. The site in question was Blackhall Place, Blackhall Street, Blackhall Parade and North King Street.The plan created was to build 59 new houses with some being multiple occupancy. These houses would be divided up into four different classes from A-D. Class A would have 8 houses, class B to have 6 houses, C to have 15 and class D were to have 30 houses. On top of this, a newly developed road was to be built where 29 two-storey tenements containing four dwellings each were to be built for the A class residents. The cost to rent a ground floor tenement was 3s. 6d. per week. These ground floor tenements had a garden which was 19x17 feet. The upper floor of these tenements would cost 2s. 6d. per week to rent, with each tenement having a toilet. The Artisans Dwelling Company had also planned for 5 two-storey houses looking onto North King Street. The ground floor would be occupied with shops as well as a coal bunker, meat safe and a yard available to rent for 6s. 6d per week for Class B residents. Class C would have the availability to rent 15 two-storey houses in single occupancy in Blackhall Place including 2 bedrooms and a yard which could be rented for 7s. 6d. per week. 8 one-storey occupancy houses were wished to be built by the Corporation for Class D with the rent being 4s. 6d. per week. The Class E dwellings were different to the other dwellings as it was proposed to renovate existing houses on Blackhall Street with five tenements per house with the rent being varied for the upper and ground floors.