Architect: G.P Beater
Interior Access
Ireland's largest single department store, and one of the biggest in Europe when it is extended into Independent House on Abbey Street. A grandiose Victorian design, the building has suffered greatly through fire, partial demolition and unsuitable extensions.
It seems that the original block which stretched from Princes Street to Henry Street was completely destroyed in 1894 after a fire. Designed by G.P Beater in 1894, and extended in 1904. So either the images above (taken from the Arnotts store bags) is the design as reconstructed after the fire, or a completely new replacement design that was just never completed due to lack of funds or interest (ie original 1894 concept), or perhaps damaged beyond repair in 1916. Thje top of the tower was removed in 1949.
