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Dublin's house of soap scrubbed squeaky clean

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2001 / September 23 2001: Dublin's house of soap scrubbed squeaky clean

The Arts-and-Crafts-inspired, Italianate corner building with its elaborate pictorial panels is extraordinary in a Georgian and Victorian cluttered Dublin. Occupying a key position on the corner of Parliament Street and the Quays, Sunlight Chambers was commissioned by soap magnate William Lever at the end of the 19th Century for his Dublin Sunlight Soap headquarters. Despite the famous quip that Lever Brothers will give you your money back, popular legend had it that the blank panels were left that way because Lever Brothers took their money back.

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