1856 – Heavey Institute, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Architect: John Bourke
Now known as Coláiste Mhuire or CBS Mullingar. “It has been built and endowed by a bequest made by the late Mr.
1856 – Joymount Presbyterian Church, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim
Italianate church, schools and manse constructed between 1855 amd 1856 to designs of an unknown architect.
1856 – Water Police Court, Sydney, Australia
Architect: Edmund Thomas Blacket
Policing Sydney’s harbour was the task of its Water Police. This court house and adjacent police office was built from Bennelong Point sandstone to the design of Colonial Architect Edmund Blacket.
1856 – Design for Capitals, Museum, Trinity College, Dublin
From The Building News, March 29 1856: “Some mention has been made in our pages recently of the capitals arranged and sculptured by the workmen for the new museum at Trinity College,
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,
1856 – Protestant Orphan Society Hall, Limerick
Architect: William Fogerty
Published in The Builder, January 19, 1856. Two storey collegiate gothic orphanage now converted into offices.
1856 – Pim’s Department Store, Sth Great George’s Street, Dublin
Architect: Sandham Symes
Large department store demolished in the 1970s to make way for an office building. Designed by Sandham Symes and built in several stages by the Pim family from the mid 1850s onwards.
1856 – Gosford Castle, Co. Armagh
Architect: Thomas Hopper
Construction of the castle began in 1819 and finished in the 1850s. It was commissioned by Archibald Acheson,
1856 – Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire
Architect: James Paterson
The construction of Blackburn’s original, Italian renaissance style town hall was completed in 1856 at a cost of £35,000.
1855 – Camille-Roy Building, Seminaire de Quebec
Architect: Charles Baillargé
The historical site of the Séminaire de Québec in Old Quebec includes a vast number of buildings,
