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Architecture of Fingal

14 March 2012
1860s – Bridge, Dublin & Drogheda Railway, Skerries, Co. Dublin

1860s – Bridge, Dublin & Drogheda Railway, Skerries, Co. Dublin

Architect: Maurice H. Wilkinson Surveyor Bridge for Barnageeragh Road on the outskirts of Skerries, original drawing with elevation, section and plans. Bridge still in use today.

28 January 2010
1865 – Church of Ireland, Skerries, Co. Dublin

1865 – Church of Ireland, Skerries, Co. Dublin

Architect: J.E. Rogers A gothic revival church commissioned by Lord Holmpatrick and sited close to the older and now ruined church and churchyard. The building has quite an austere exterior despite its off-centre...

28 January 2010
1866 – St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Howth, Co. Dublin

1866 – St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Howth, Co. Dublin

Architect: J.E. Rogers St Mary’s stands on a pretty elevated site next to the entrance to Howth Castle. Designed by J.E. Rogers, who was a student of Benjamin Woodward, it is an attractive...

28 January 2010
1870 – Hamilton Monument, Skerries, Co. Dublin

1870 – Hamilton Monument, Skerries, Co. Dublin

A small little obelisk commemorating a local landowner. This simple monument would benefit from some landscaping – perhaps a larger traffic island to allow people to approach it.

19 December 2012
1870s – Loreto Convent, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

1870s – Loreto Convent, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Although a convent and school still exists on this site, the buildings illustrated are either gone or unrecognisable. The school was started in 1857 when they took over the house with curved bays...

28 January 2010
1872 – Methodist Church, Skerries, Co. Dublin

1872 – Methodist Church, Skerries, Co. Dublin

Simple little church with gothic detailing. The main façade has a simple arched doorway with a small rose window. The side onto the small laneway has paired single light arched windows.

23 May 2012
1872 – Unbuilt Railway Station, Malahide, Co. Dublin

1872 – Unbuilt Railway Station, Malahide, Co. Dublin

Proposed design for a new Station Building for the Dublin and Drogheda Railway at Malahide in the early 1870s.

28 January 2010
1880 – Sutton Castle Hotel, Sutton, Co. Dublin

1880 – Sutton Castle Hotel, Sutton, Co. Dublin

Architect: Alfred Darbyshire Designed by Manchester based architect Alfred Darbyshire as the main home for the Jameson family of the whiskey fame. Alfred Darbyshire had worked on their distillaries previously. The house is...

21 January 2010
1891 – National Irish Bank, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

1891 – National Irish Bank, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Architect: Godfrey W. Ferguson Terraced four-bay two-storey limestone faced bank, built 1891, with a fine tripartite bow window. But the real job of the facade is the front door; a deep eliptical headed...