[4][5] The residential buildings built in the early 1700s were mostly gable-fronted houses, so-called 'Dutch Billys', which were largely modified in the later Georgian and Victorian periods.

[6] Most of these buildings were demolished as part of the Dublin Corporation's road-widening scheme from the 1960s through to the 1980s when ultimately the dual carriageway and tree-lined present appearance came to be.

An ensuing legal action resulted in a court case and it was ultimately decided that the façade of the building would be saved and rebuilt along the new street line, with the money paid from the Corporation increasing to £244,414 for the strip of land they needed for the newly widened road.

[citation needed] The corner of Cuffe Street and St Stephen's Green was the site of the Winter Garden Palace for over 200 years.

[citation needed] MEPC later developed an office complex on the site from 1979–81 that was initially rented by the government Department of Posts and Telegraphs for Telecom Éireann.