7 Eccles Street, Literary residence in northern Dublin, Ireland

7 Eccles Street was a three-storey brick row house, about 20 feet wide, built above a basement. Its black painted front door had six recessed panels, a brass knocker, a small round knob and a vertical letter slot, with an arched fanlight above and weathered grey stone blocks framing it. A small plaque was fixed to the brick wall to the left.

The land was leased in 1769 by Isaac Ambrose Eccles to carpenter Daniel Goodwin, leading to construction of the row houses on this street. The building was demolished in 1967 to make way for the Mater Private Hospital development.

The house became famous through James Joyce's novel Ulysses as the home of the main character Leopold Bloom. Visitors can trace the link between fiction and the real streets of Dublin through this literary connection.

The original front door from the house is now on display at the James Joyce Centre located on North Great George's Street. Visitors can learn more about the literary history and the connection to this address at the museum.

By 1958 the building housed seven different families and was deteriorating before being torn down. This shows how older city houses change over time and how urban development eventually replaces aging structures.