page_title: Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital
section_title: Design and construction
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital / Design and construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital building from Adelaide Road
context_page_description: The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital is a public teaching hospital in Dublin, Ireland. The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin was founded in 1895 and is the National Referral Centre for both Eye and Ear, Nose & Throat disorders. It is managed by Ireland East Hospital Group.
context_section_description: RVEEH was designed by architects Carroll & Batchelor who had previously worked on the Hardwicke Fever Hospital, the Richmond Surgical Hospital, St. Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital, St. Edmundsbury Hospital, Lucan, Whitworth Fever Hospital (Drumcondra Hospital), and the Royal Hospital for Incurables (Royal Hospital Donnybook). The symmetrical  building features Queen Anne style architecture. The cost of the original building was £41,862.
  The hospital was expanded between 1907 and 1908 and again in 1912, including the addition of an outpatients department, sanitary block, new wing, and expansion of the west wing. A private ward with 9 single rooms was built in 1925. The construction was funded by a donation from Jane Isabella Lewis. The ward was named the Harvey Lewis Wing in memory of her late husband, the politician and lawyer John Harvey Lewis.
  In 1915, a bronze relief by Albert Power of ophthalmologist Sir Henry Rosborough Swanzy, father of artist Mary Swanzy, was added to the stair hall. In 1932, improvements were carried out at a cost of £57,000. In 1937 and 1939, further works were undertaken on the drainage system, entrance drive, gates, railings, and other additions and alterations. The Graham Audiology Clinic opened in 1961.
caption: View from Adelaide Road
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