[4] Some of the first houses were developed by Crosthwaite and Grant, who acquired lots for building from Samuel Sproule.

The buildings were grand and initially well received, but construction paused in the mid-1790s and following the economic stagnation that followed the Acts of Union 1800, did not resume until the middle of the first decade of the 19th century.

From that point on, development progressed with more modest houses of mostly two bays extending gradually towards the Grand Canal.

By the time a Plan of Dublin was produced in 1818 by Walsh, Warburton and Whitelaw, all of the lots on the street as far down as the junction with Love Lane East and Verschoyle Place had been built upon.

[13] Sources Media related to Mount Street Lower, Dublin at Wikimedia Commons