The Hotel Metropole (The Met) was a notable landmark hotel in Dublin, Ireland. It was located next to the General Post Office building in O'Connell Street. Originally four Georgian buildings, they were combined to form a unified hotel in a high-french style by architect William M. Mitchell in 1891–93. Various architectural additions and embellishments were included to make the building look more French including a mansard roof with rounded dormer windows. This followed the style other Dublin hotels were adopting at the time including the Shelbourne Hotel and nearby the Jury's Hotel at College Green.
| Hotel Metropole | |
|---|---|
 The Hotel Metropole around the year 1900 | |
| Former names | Prince of Wales Hotel |
| General information | |
| Status | Closed and demolished |
| Type | Hotel |
| Classification |  |
| Address | 35-39 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 |
| Town or city | Dublin |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Opened | 1893 |
| Demolished | 1916 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Mitchell |
| References | |
| [1] | |
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The building was badly damaged during the Easter Rising and the remains were ultimately demolished. The hotel's owners received significant compensation following the final report of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee.
Metropole Cinema edit
In 1922, a neoclassical building, designed by Aubrey V. O'Rourke, was built out of the ruins - The Metropole - and this building included a cinema and a ballroom, as well as a couple of bars and a restaurant, the Georgian Room. The Met closed on 11 March 1972 and the building was sold to British Home Stores who demolished it.[2][3]
Penneys edit
The replacement was a modernist nondescript modern retail building constructed by G&T Crampton in 1977.[4] As of 2022, the building houses a large Penneys shop.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 035-39 (HOTEL METROPOLE) Dictionary of Irish Architects -". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Meet Me at the Metropole". Louis Elliman. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "1922 – Metropole Cinema & Restaurant, O'Connell St., Dublin". Archiseek - Irish Architecture. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "British Home Stores, O'Connell Street". 12 June 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ http://www.streetsbroadandnarrow.com/2011/06/hotel-metropolepenneys-oconnell-street.html Through Streets Broad and Narrow: Discovering the history behind some of Dublin's well known (and lesser known) streets and buildings (Accessed August 2011)
- ^ http://bridge-it.tchpc.tcd.ie/items/show/214 "The Metropole Cinema, O'Connell Street. c.1923." Lifescapes: Mapping Dublin Lives, Item #214 (Accessed August 2011)