Beneath the Whitefriars.

All three of our houses stand inside a Zone of Archaeological Potential. Golden Lane, Ship Street and South Great George's Street - a three-minute walk from the front door - have all yielded evidence of early Viking burial and settlement, on the edge of the Dubh Linn, the dark pool where the Poddle meets the Liffey.

The immediate site was, in the middle ages, the Carmelite Priory of Saint Mary, founded around 1270 by Sir Robert Baggot. The Whitefriars, as they were known, held a substantial precinct here until Henry VIII dissolved them in 1541. The curving line of Stephen Street Upper, Peter Row and Whitefriar Street is thought to trace what was once the priory wall.

The Aungier family bought the land in 1609. Sixty years later Francis Aungier drew his street across it. The Carmelites returned in 1825, a little to the north, and their church on Aungier Street - Whitefriar Street Church - is now one of the most visited in the city.

None of this is on display in the house. But it is worth knowing, when the floorboards creak, what has been here before.