| Belvedere House | |
| Alternate Names: | Belvedere House |
| Building Type: | School administrative building and museum |
| Address: | Great Denmark Street |
| Location Country: | Ireland |
| Groundbreaking Date: | 1775 |
| Completion Date: | 1786 |
| Architect: | Robert West, Michael Stapleton (Interior stucco work) |
Belvedere House is a historic townhouse located on Great Denmark Street bookending North Great George's Street in Dublin, Ireland. It was built by George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere between 1775 and 1786 at a cost of £24,000.[1] The design and stucco of the interior ceilings was carried out by Michael Stapleton, a leading stuccodor and craftsman of his time.[2] In 1841 it became a Jesuit college which houses the school Belvedere College.[3]
It is allegedly haunted by the ghost of Rochfort's mother, Mary Molesworth, 1st Lady of Belvedere, who died there.
Belvedere House is located near the Garden of Remembrance and James Joyce Centre.[4]
The building is a detached symmetrical 5-bay, 4-storey over basement structure which was refaced in red brick in the 1950s. It has a rusticated portland stone facade to the raised basement level. The balustrade of the first floor level is also faced in portland stone while there is a granite parapet and frieze over the top floor.