>Drawing of the last surviving cage-work house in Dublin on the corner of Castle Street and Werburgh Street, demolished around 1812. This building was probably post-medieval in date, but typical of many houses in the medieval city. The illustration is believed to be a good representative image of the building, and was published in the Dublin Penny Journal in 1813. A further illustration based on this was published in the Irish Builder in 1870.
There were important anglo-norman towns like Fethard that became backwaters by the Georgian period that you’d assume some timber work houses would survive in, but nope, nothing….
Cherry-Blossoms7says
It looked great condition, why demolished?
jlawlersays
Thanks so much for that answer! Google didn’t help me, and I appreciate the info
reluctantsubsays
That much glass and its a called a timber house?
MuckingFagicalsays
what’s cage work? are they any in england I’m sure I’ve seen one.
wizer-wehere says
That’s a drawing
WilliamofYellow says
>Drawing of the last surviving cage-work house in Dublin on the corner of Castle Street and Werburgh Street, demolished around 1812. This building was probably post-medieval in date, but typical of many houses in the medieval city. The illustration is believed to be a good representative image of the building, and was published in the Dublin Penny Journal in 1813. A further illustration based on this was published in the Irish Builder in 1870.
https://archiseek.com/2012/last-cage-work-house-dublin
KG4212 says
I love it! (It would be great as framed art) thnx
woodsorm says
I think there’s still some hybrid timber/brick houses on thomas street, but they look like normal Georgian brick facades on the outside.
The journal.ie did a vid on the interior a few years ago https://youtu.be/dGiUyu_te9k
There were important anglo-norman towns like Fethard that became backwaters by the Georgian period that you’d assume some timber work houses would survive in, but nope, nothing….
Cherry-Blossoms7 says
It looked great condition, why demolished?
jlawler says
Thanks so much for that answer! Google didn’t help me, and I appreciate the info
reluctantsub says
That much glass and its a called a timber house?
MuckingFagical says
what’s cage work? are they any in england I’m sure I’ve seen one.