‘Gates, Piers and Iron Railing for Enclosing the Deanery and Barracks in Kevin St.’

General Information: The Wide Street Commission completed the widening of Kevin St. in 1825. In order to facilitate the Commission’s work, the Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Hon. Richard Ponsonby, had agreed to give up a portion of his court-yard and an old stable adjoining the Deanery. In return for this concession, the Commission agreed to pay for the walled enclosure of the Deanery, Marsh…