Survey Data
Reg No
50020255
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Quay/wharf
In Use As
Quay/wharf
Date
1780 - 1800
Coordinates
315917, 234335
Date Recorded
26/04/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Dressed ashlar granite quay wall, erected c.1790, with bell-profile coping. Cast-iron ladders having vertical hand-rails and niches to south face, and mooring rings. Granite steps to east end. Stretching from Ha’penny Bridge to O’Connell Bridge, on south side of River Liffey.
Appraisal
Aston Quay was originally laid out in the late seventeenth century, on land reclaimed from the River Liffey, and was named after Henry Aston, a Dublin merchant. Both it and Crampton Quay were rebuilt in the late eighteenth century as part of the Wide Street Commission's work to construct a continuous quayside and associated thoroughfare along the south side of the River Liffey. It is executed in ashlar granite, attesting to the high level of technical skill and artisanship employed in its construction. It is a significant part of the city’s historic urban fabric and civil engineering heritage.