The building has its origins in a convent originally constructed by some
Benedictine nuns on the site around 1688. A later
Georgian building was altered to became part of the
House of Industry who commissioned a hospital to care for the 'ruptured poor'; it opened in 1810. The hospital was completely rebuilt to a design by
Carroll & Batchelor in the
English Renaissance style in red
brick and
terracotta tiles and was officially opened by
The 5th Earl Cadogan,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in April 1901. After services transferred to the
Beaumont Hospital, the Richmond Surgical Hospital closed in 1987. Then in 2013 it was acquired by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) which, in 2018, converted it into an education and event centre. ==References==