Powerscourt Townhouse Centre
Georgian townhouse of a French-fashion-obsessed viscount, now a boutique shopping centre around a glass-roofed courtyard.
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This guide to Powerscourt Townhouse Centre in Dublin opens with two days when its doors stood open not for shopping, but for all of Dublin to file past a body lying in state. You'll hear about the third Viscount Powerscourt, nicknamed the French Earl for his obsession with French fashion after his Grand Tour, and how he built this Georgian townhouse in the 1770s with granite hauled from County Wicklow. Look up as you browse: the rococo hallway and neoclassical ceilings are original to his house.
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