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Christ Church apart, it's in the city's secular architecture that the best of the eighteenth century is realized. Christ Church Cathedral looks down over The Mall, with its City Hall (Mon-Fri 10am-5pm), built in 1788 by the ubiquitous John Roberts. Its spacious entrance hall was once used as a meeting place and merchants' exchange; if you are interested in seeing the Waterford crystal chandeliers in the council chambers and the Waterford Room, ask at the desk. By far the finest eighteenth-century architectural detail in the city, though, is the oval staircase inside the lilac-coloured Chamber of Commerce in George Street (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; access by appointment only, call 051/872639). Built in 1785, with a beautiful cantilevered staircase and fine decorative stucco-work, it, too, is the work of John Roberts. If you want to find out more about Waterford crystal (which is for sale all over town), you should make a trip out to the Waterford Crystal Glass Factory for one of its guided tours (April-Oct daily 8.30am-4pm; Nov-March Mon-Fri 9am-3.15pm; GBP3.50/?4.43) around the glass-cutting and blowing workshops. This is interesting if you've never seen the process before, and a fair way to work up an appetite on a wet day, but not the "absolute must" the publicity tends to suggest. The factory is located about a mile and a half from the city centre on the N25 towards Cork; check at the tourist office for times of buses from the city centre.
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