The Irish Georgian Society and Dublin City Council have assembled a team of conservation experts to present a series of talks on the history and significance of Dublin’s period houses and practical advice on their conservation. Attendance at the talks will greatly benefit owners of all periods and types of houses, from the modest Edwardian artisan dwelling to the substantial red-bricks of the Victorian suburbs and the fine townhouses of our Georgian city squares, providing an ‘A to Z’ for their care and conservation.

The talks are recognised as CPD by the CIF Register of Heritage Contractors, Engineers Ireland, the Irish Planning Institute and the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland.

ONE

Tuesday 12th February

Dublin’s Domestic Architecture: its historic stylistic evolution by Charles Duggan, Heritage Officer, Dublin City Council

TWO

Tuesday 19th February

Protected Structure Policy and Legislation by Jacqui Donnelly, Senior Architect, Architectural Heritage Advisory Unit, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

THREE

Tuesday 26th February

Maintenance and Controlling Damp in your Period House by Frank Keohane, Chartered Building Surveyor accredited in Building Conservation & author of Irish Period Houses: a conservation guidance manual

FOUR

Tuesday 5th March

Historic Window: their history, significance and conservation by Dr Nessa Roche, Senior Architectural Advisor, Strategic Development and Policy Unit, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, author of DoCHG’s Advice Series: A Guide to the Repair of Historic Windows

FIVE

Tuesday 12th March

Energy Performance in Protected Structures; planning implications and grants by Sarah Jane Halpin and Carl Raftery, Conservation Research Officers, Dublin City Council

SIX

Tuesday 19th March

Historic Ironwork: its history and conservation by Ali Davey, Historic Environment Scotland and author of DoCHG’s Advice Series: The Repair of Wrought and Cast Ironwork

SEVEN

Tuesday 26 March

History and Conservation of Bricks by Susan Roundtree, RIAI conservation architect & co-author of DoCHG’s Advice Series: A Guide to the Repair of Historic Bricks

EIGHT

Tuesday 2nd April

Sensitively Extending your Protected Structure, Mary McDonald, Architectural Conservation Officer, Dublin City Council

NINE

Tuesday 9th April

Taking care of your period house’s roof, chimneys and parapets by Lisa Edden, Associate Director at Cora Consulting Engineers & co-author of DoCHG’s Advice Series: A Guide to the Repair of Historic Roofs

TEN

Tuesday 16th April

The Importance of Using Lime & Historic Pointing Techniques by Grainne Shaffrey, Principal, Shaffrey Architects, Grade I RIAI Conservation Practice and co-author of DoCHG’s Advice Series: A Guide to the Repair of Historic Brick

ELEVEN

Tuesday 23rd April

Historic Decorative Plasterwork: its history, significance and conservation by Andrew Smith, consultant decorative plasterwork conservator

TWELVE

Tuesday 30th April

Historic Doors & Staircases: their history and conservation by Peter Clarke, past lecturer, Dublin Institute of Technology

Saturday 13th April (10am to 11.30am)

Walking Tour of Dublin’s Domestic Architecture by Dr Susan Galavan, MRIAI and author of Dublin's Bourgeois Homes: Building the Victorian suburbs, 1850-1901 (Routledge, 2017). Dr Galavan will lead a walking tour examining the architectural form, style and detailing of Northumberland Road, Dublin 2. Built over the course of six decades in the 19th century its buildings which vary from tall red-brick terraces to fine semi-detached houses provide an exemplar of the development of Dublin’s Victorian domestic architecture.