1851 – St. Maries of the Isle Mercy Convent, Sharman Crawford St., Cork
Architect: William Atkins
Published in The Building News, December 7 1850. Constructed in red sandstone with limestone dressings. The proposed spire was never completed.
1852 – Cork & Bandon Railway Station, Albert Quay, Cork
Architect: Joshua Hargrave
Railway terminus on Albert Quay for the Cork & Bandon Railway. The railway company changed its name to Cork,
1852 – National Exhibition, Cork
Architect: Sir John Benson
The National Exhibition was housed in a cruciform building, with four ‘transepts’, specially designed and erected at the Corn Exchange on Albert Quay,
1853 – St. Brendan’s National School, Bantry, Co. Cork
The school was built in 1853 at the expense of Richard White, Earl of Bantry. It opened as a school on 29th January 1855 and opened as a National School on 1st May 1871.
1854 – Royal Cork Yacht Club, Cobh, Co. Cork
Architect: Anthony Salvin
Designed by Anthony Salvin (1799-1881), a distinguished English architect and an expert in fortified architecture. He was involved in the restoration of many castles including the Tower of London and Windsor Castle.
1855 – Cork Opera House (The Athenaeum), Cork
Architect: Sir John Benson / C.J. Phipps
The building, originally called ‘The Athenaeum’, was finished by early 1855. It hosted its first performance on 29 January 1855,
1855 – National Irish Bank, 71 South Mall, Cork
Architect: William Caldbeck
Good quality bank branch on South Mall. Much closer in size to bank branches in Irish country towns rather than other banks along the mall.
1855 – The Clock House, Mallow, Co. Cork
Architect: Sir Charles Jephson-Norreys
The Clock House was build around 1855, by Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson-Norreys, an amateur architect,
1858 – Royal Victoria Hotel & Baths, Glenbrook, Co. Cork
Glenbrook was originally a seaside resort with facilities such as Turkish Bath-houses which became established there. The first of these was the Royal Victoria Monkstown and Passage Baths,
1860 – Central Markets, Cork
Architect: John Benson
Home to the renowned English Market, the Central Markets have their primary entrance on Princes Street.
