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Buildings of Ireland

14 October 2009
1870 – Belfast Town Hall, Co. Antrim

1870 – Belfast Town Hall, Co. Antrim

Architect: Anthony Thomas Jackson From The Builder, April 9, 1870: The works for the new municipal buildings Belfast Ireland are being energetically forward; the courts will probably be finished May and the whole...

09 October 2009
1884 – Gate House, Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone

1884 – Gate House, Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone

Architect: W.F. Unsworth Built to complement the large house built for the Herdman family, it is quite similar in design to one at Stokesay Castle.

09 October 2009
1884 – Sion House, Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone

1884 – Sion House, Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone

Architect: W.F. Unsworth Constructed by the Herdman family, who constructed the model village and mills of Sion. Now sadly in very poor repair and must be considered at risk of loss. Published in...

30 September 2009
1986 – Garda Station, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

1986 – Garda Station, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Office of Public Works Large L-plan building on three levels designed by the Office of Public Works as a regional centre for the Irish police. The building is bland, fails to address...

30 September 2009
1907 – Post Office, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

1907 – Post Office, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Robert Cochrane Twentieth century post office with attractively curved windows to the public office. Fairly standard brick with stone trimmings treatment commonly used on post office buildings of this period in Ireland.

30 September 2009
1936 – Water Tower, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

1936 – Water Tower, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Engineer: Patrick McCarthy The town Water Tower is sited on a prominant hill overlooking the town and is built of reinforced concrete. Unlike many of these towers, the Monaghan tower has one wide...

30 September 2009
1917 – Former Bone Hospital, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

1917 – Former Bone Hospital, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: John Harrison Wilson Tucked away in a corner of the St Davnet’s Hospital grounds is the former Bone Hospital. Built overlooking the town, the building features large canopied terraces for the patients...

30 September 2009
1900 – First Presbyterian Church, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

1900 – First Presbyterian Church, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Roome & Loag Incomplete, this church in Old Cross Square was intended to have a tall slender spire. It is a pity that this never occurred as it would have improved the...

30 September 2009
1900 – Former Provincial Bank, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

1900 – Former Provincial Bank, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Fine stone and brick Georgian house of around 1830 with later banking hall adjoining added around 1900. Now unused as a bank, the banking hall has a toplit central space and a...