The facility on Baggot Street, which was known officially as the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, was built in 1832 but closed in 1987. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Scrolling through commercial property listings, one is truly exceptional. Baggot Street Hospital is for sale – a huge and stunning building in Dublin city.
It was designed by Albert Murray, a man from a family of architects including William Murray (his grandfather), cousin of the architect Francis Johnson.
An article published by Edmondson Architects, reveals that William Murray designed the College of Surgeons on St Stephen’s Green. His son, William George Murray, designed the Royal Marine Hotel in Bray and the Royal College of Physicians on Kildare Street.
Albert Murray designed the Dublin Central Mission on Chancery Place, but his hallmark building was what became the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, other
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