1858 – Royal Victoria Hotel & Baths, Glenbrook, Co. Cork
Glenbrook was originally a seaside resort with facilities such as Turkish Bath-houses which became established there. The first of these was the Royal Victoria Monkstown and Passage Baths,
Glenbrook was originally a seaside resort with facilities such as Turkish Bath-houses which became established there. The first of these was the Royal Victoria Monkstown and Passage Baths,
David Carnegie of Stronvar purchased the Eastbury Park Estate in 1857 and rebuilt the mansion and many other estate buildings to designs by Scottish architect David Bryce.
This unique Villa in attractive riverside grounds has been described as Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s finest domestic design.
Originally was to be designed after a competition by J.J. McCarthy in 1846. The project was abandoned due to the Famine.
These drawings are from the Narrative of Operations in the Arrangement and Formation of A Camp for 10,000 Infantry on the Curragh of Kildare.
Design for Altar & Reredos published in The Building News, January 1st. 1858.
St Saviour’s Church is perhaps the finest church by J.J McCarthy in Dublin even though it was never completed as planned.
The main facade with its three gables demonstrates the interior layout; the aisles and nave are the same width.
Built for the de Vesci family, the house is designed around the contrasting main facades –