@Obong 26 April 2021 more from that month

10 Mill Street photographed in August 2017 as work on its restoration neared completion. The house, which is believed to have been built as a dower house by the Earl of Meath, is one of the most important surviving early eighteenth-century houses in The Liberties, Dublin, and originally belonged to a type termed the “Double Dutch Billy” 10 Mill Street is one of the most important surviving early eighteenth-century houses in The Liberties, Dublin. Originally a home of the nobility, and thereafter adapted by the Christian Brothers (1819) and the Irish Church Missions (1852), the twentieth century saw a decline in the fortunes of the house. Following a period of industrial use, it was for many years the subject of neglect and vandalism. An ambitious restoration has recently been completed by Carrig Conservation to include the reconstruction of the roof, the restoration of the red brick façade and the reinstatement of the internal floors. 10 Mill Street, which was built circa 1720, belongs to a distinctive style of house termed the “Dutch Billy”. Believed to have been named after William of Orange, the style of house is attributed to the influx of French Huguenots fleeing persecution on the continent after 1685 and to Dutch and Flemish Protestant refugees arriving in Dublin after 1690. A typical “Dutch Billy” is recognised externally by characteristic features including openings diminishing in scale on each floor, more often than not stepping in on the uppermost floors, and curvilinear gables screening cruciform plan roofs. Internally the typical “Dutch Billy” features back-to-back corner chimneys and stout stacks. Engravings and illustrations from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries show Amsterdam-like streetscapes of “Dutch Billy” houses with curvilinear gables interspersed with instances of crow stepped gables. However, few “Dutch Billy” houses survive today. Those that do show evidence of significant remodelling to keep pace with the changing fashions of the late Georgian and Victorian periods. #StreetPhotography