Survey Data
Reg No
50060324
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Sports hall/centre/gymnasium
In Use As
Sports hall/centre/gymnasium
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
311883, 234184
Date Recorded
29/09/2014
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-storey boat club building, built 1910, with mono-pitched 'side aisles' to long sides, hipped-roof addition to road end and pitched-roofed addition to river end, both additions being mid-twentieth-century in date and also in corrugated iron. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with ridge punctuated by three vents. Shallow mono-pitched roof to addition, with replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted corrugated-iron walling. Square-headed window openings, with plain surrounds, replacement uPVC window to south elevation, otherwise openings boarded over in timber sheeting. Range of painted timber doors. Set between road and River Liffey, with tarmac forecourt. New-build replacement to original rowing club building directly opposite. Internally, timber A-frame trusses with tensile steel supports, original walling removed and roof of original structure supported on cast concrete piers.
Appraisal
This corrugated-iron structure is an increasingly rare example of a building type, that although regarded as temporary, has now lasted over a century. The additions were carried out in the same materials and are thus cohesive. The original clubhouse, an Arts and Crafts building by Charles B. Powell, was recently demolished and replaced. The surviving building is thus an important part of the history of the club. One of Ireland’s largest rowing clubs, the Neptune Rowing Club, founded in 1908, has counted top international rowers among its members.