Harcourt Terrace
{{Short description|Street in Dublin, Ireland}}
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Harcourt Terrace ({{langx|ga|Ardán Fhearchair}}) is a Regency and Victorian terrace located in Dublin City, Ireland. It links the Grand Canal at Charlemont Place with Adelaide Road, near the National Concert Hall.
History
The terrace first appears on maps in 1833, and is named after Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt.{{Cite book |last=M'Cready |first=C. T. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263974843 |title=Dublin street names dated and explained |date=1987 |publisher=Carraig |isbn=1-85068-005-1 |location=Blackrock, Co. Dublin |pages=48 |oclc=263974843}}
According to the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Harcourt Terrace, built {{circa|1830}}, is "acknowledged as Ireland's finest surviving group of Regency houses". The decoration on the terrace is based on the Parthenon marbles, an exhibit in the British Museum since 1816. The terrace was built by Charles Jaspar Joly, son of Jean Jaspar Joly, private secretary to Lord William Fitzgerald.
The building in which the current Wilder townhouse resides was built in 1878 as a nursing home for retired governesses.
Nos. 1–11 and 21–22 Harcourt Terrace are Protected Structures.{{Cite web |title=Dublin City Development Plan |url=https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-08/dublin-city-development-plan-2016-2022-volume-4.pdf |access-date=2021-03-07}}{{Cite web |title=Historic Hotel in Dublin {{!}} The Wilder Townhouse, Dublin |url=https://www.thewilder.ie/en/history/ |access-date=2021-03-07 |website=www.thewilder.ie |language=en}}
Notable residents
- Michael MacLiammoir and Hilton Edwards lived in No. 4 Harcourt Terrace up until the later 1970s.{{Cite web |last= |title=4 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2, DUBLIN |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50110466/4-harcourt-terrace-dublin-2-dublin |access-date=2021-03-07 |website=Buildings of Ireland |language=en-GB}}
- The artist Sarah Purser had a studio in No. 11 Harcourt Terrace.{{Cite web |last= |title=10, 11 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2, DUBLIN |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50110471/10-11-harcourt-terrace-dublin-2-co-dublin |access-date=2021-03-07 |website=Buildings of Ireland |language=en-GB}}
- The director of the National Library of Ireland, Thomas William Lyster lived at No. 11.{{Cite web |last= |title=10, 11 Harcourt Terrace, Dublin 2, DUBLIN |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50110471/10-11-harcourt-terrace-dublin-2-dublin |access-date=2021-03-07 |website=Buildings of Ireland |language=en-GB}}