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Unbuilt Ireland

23 March 2012
1825 – Design for Fota House, Co. Cork

1825 – Design for Fota House, Co. Cork

Architect: William Vitruvius Morrison An unbuilt scheme to enlarge the 18th century house at Fota. Ultimately, the Morrisons did extend the house but in a more restrained classical scheme. This scheme by William...

03 May 2012
1828 – Uncompleted Design for St Nicholas of Myra, Dublin

1828 – Uncompleted Design for St Nicholas of Myra, Dublin

Architect: John Leeson Uncompleted design for St Nicholas of Myra on Francis Street in Dublin. Different from what was completed by John Bourke in 1858, with a full width pediment, and three-stage tower...

22 November 2011
1837 – Proposed Railway Colonnade, Dublin

1837 – Proposed Railway Colonnade, Dublin

Architect: Charles Vignoles Originally published as “Outline Plan of Dublin exhibiting the course of the proposed Railway Colonnade Through the City for connecting the General Terminus of the Railways from the South and...

01 December 2011
1840 – Design for St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

1840 – Design for St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

Architect: Thomas Duff St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, as designed by Thomas J. Duff of Newry, c. 1840. Published in John Gallogly: The History of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh, M. H. Gill & Son,...

16 April 2012
1846 – Design for Royal College of St. Patrick, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

1846 – Design for Royal College of St. Patrick, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Architect: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin “A general prospect of the Royal College of St Patrick, Maynooth and the proposed additions”. Pugin’s scheme for St. Patrick’s Seminary as designed, but ultimately not completed by...

06 January 2012
1847 – Design for County Court House, Belfast, Co. Antrim

1847 – Design for County Court House, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Architect: Charles Lanyon Unbuilt design proposal for County Court House by Charles Lanyon. With its curved screen walls, it is extremely reminiscent of the former Parliament Building in Dublin. As it was the...

28 February 2012
1850s – Road Viaduct, Trinity College Dublin

1850s – Road Viaduct, Trinity College Dublin

Architect: William Aher Proposal to build a new street running through Trinity College from Nassau Street to Moss Street. The design seems to show metal arched spans on stone piers.

22 November 2011
1852 – Scutch Mills for Flax

1852 – Scutch Mills for Flax

Architect: Board of Works Erection of Buildings suitable to Scutch Mills for Flax in Ireland, and for the Formation of Water Courses and Weirs necessary for Providing Water-Power for the same.

04 January 2012
1856 – Design for Wellington Testimonial, Phoenix Park, Dublin

1856 – Design for Wellington Testimonial, Phoenix Park, Dublin

Architect: Sir Robert Smirke “Of all the public monuments hitherto raised in honor of the Duke of Wellington, that of the Citizens of Dublin is, if not the most graceful, at least the...