Development
Ailesbury road was planned in the middle of the 19th century as a residential road in south-east Dublin, in the district then known as the "Pembroke Township". It was named for the then Marquess of Ailesbury, who had married a daughter of the Earl of Pembroke. When first built, Ailesbury road was then the longest straight road in Dublin.
The original design set for houses to be built on this road is evident in numbers 1 through 51 on the south-east side of the road. These are built of red brick and granite, with a uniform flight of granite steps leading to the hall door, and iron railings bordering the front garden. Numbers 1 through 27 inclusive were built by Alderman Meade, whose designs here and elsewhere in Dublin are characterised by circular granite pillars at the entrance gate. His own residence, which he also designed, is now St Michael’s School at the Merrion end of the road.
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