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bandstand — Saint Stephen's Green

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bandstand — Saint Stephen's Green
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Freestanding open-sided octagonal-plan bandstand, erected 1887. Lead-covered octagonal-plan pitched roof, with lead covered core rolls to each ridge and four to each angle, cast-iron ball and urn finial, cast-iron ogee-profile rainwater goods terminating in horizontal posts forming bandstand structure, having cut lead trim, exposed trusses and timber-sheeted soffits, and cast-iron ties extending from post structure to middle point. Roof carried on eight freestanding cast-iron columns with Corinthian-style capitals, vertical structural post flanked by decorative cast-iron brackets, columns fluted to base, fixed on granite plinth blocks. Moulded granite plinth base, timber-sheeted octagonal-plan floor, each segment laid towards centre point. Accessed from east side by three bull-nosed granite steps flanked by ramped plinth walls terminated by square masonry piers and having replacement painted steel gate. Bordered by round-plan box hedge, located to west side of pedestrian path, within landscaped surrounds of Saint Stephen's Green.

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