Bavinger House
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Demolished 2016
Bed & Breakfast
Tipperary, Ireland Closed 1977 The Disappointed Tourist: Bed & Breakfast, Ellen Harvey, 2023. Oil and acrylic on Gessoboard, 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). Photograph: Etienne Frossard. This was the house I grew up in. It had 15 rooms and my mother ran it as a Guest House. She kept it beautifully and it […]
Homeless Home
New York, New York, USA
Removed 2020
House by Rachel Whiteread
London, England, UK
Demolished 1994
Kenure House
Rush, Ireland Demolished 1978 It’s an archival image of a now demolished “Big House” from Rush, in north County Dublin. The granite portico of the house remains, surrounded by a housing estate. I photographed the portico as a teenager, and have often wondered about the rest of the house. The wonders of the Internet have […]
OK House
Kilkenny, Ireland Closed Submitted by Anon. The OK House is located at 63 High Street in Kilkenny and used to be the site of Griffin Newsagents. It is currently home to the NCBI Charity Shop. The painting is based on an uncredited vintage photograph. No. 267
Powerscourt House
County Wicklow, Ireland Burned 1974 I gave the submission for Powerscourt House because I would have loved to have seen the paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds that were lost to the tragic fire in 1974. In particular these paintings had once been loaned to Sir Hugh Lane at one time for an exhibition and a letter […]