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Unbuilt Ireland

15 October 2012
1787 – Ballyscullion House, Co. Derry

1787 – Ballyscullion House, Co. Derry

Architect: Michael Shanahan Ballyscullion House was one of three eccentric palaces built by the equally eccentric Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Lord Bishop of Derry. The other two were at...

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 January 2012
2011 – Unbuilt Offaly – Tullamore Arts Centre

2011 – Unbuilt Offaly – Tullamore Arts Centre

Architect: CiarĂ¡n Ferrie Architects The brief describes a complex arrangement of specialist interior spaces with an intricate set of inter-relationships and the design challenge is to order these spaces in a commodious, functional...

23 March 2011
1802 – Design for house, Co. Laois

1802 – Design for house, Co. Laois

Architect: Richard Morrison A design published in “A collection of designs for rural retreats” by James Malton, with two elevational treatments. Annotated as to be built in “Queen’s County”, there are no records...

23 March 2011
1818 – Design for Glencairn Abbey, Co. Waterford

1818 – Design for Glencairn Abbey, Co. Waterford

Architect: Richard Morrison Largely unbuilt scheme for a client who died shortly after the design was commissioned. Although a house was actually built, it was to a more reduced scale and ambition –...