1863 – Parson’s Mart, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Parson’s Mart, a commercial warehouse constructed by 1863. Image published in The Dublin Builder, of which the architect John J.
Parson’s Mart, a commercial warehouse constructed by 1863. Image published in The Dublin Builder, of which the architect John J.
Built by Benjamin Whitworth for the benefit of the citizens of Drogheda, this vigourous composition in Lombardo-Romanesque is a good contribution to the street-scape.
Unfinished, the Augustinian church should have received a spire, a stumpy tower to the right of the main façade was all that was completed.
Sited within the grounds of St Peter’s, this Glebe house is of two periods. To the rear is a three storey building with a pediment dated 1759.
The foundation stone was laid April 19th 1867, with the school opening on March 28th 1868.
A small gothic mortuary chapel with a particularly high pitched roof. The building is finished in rusticated limestone. Dedicated 21 June 1874.
This attractive former St. Mary’s Convent of Mercy and school displays varied decorative detailing from the elegant dog-tooth mouldings to the more robust rock-faced plinth.
A fine and vigorous building by Sandham Symes who also designed a fine branch for the same bank in Kilkenny.
Designed in a French Gothic style and built in 1878, the Dominican church is finished in rusticated limestone.
A small three bay building of rusticated limestone and brick trimmings opposite St Mary’s Church of Ireland. A plaque on the building announces that it was “Erected by Thomas Plunket Cairnes 1879”.