1862 – Church, Ilminster, Somerset
From The Building News, January 31, 1862: This little church near Ilminster Somerset was rebuilt a few years ago to the memory of Stephen Pitt Esq by his widow lately deceased.
From The Building News, January 31, 1862: This little church near Ilminster Somerset was rebuilt a few years ago to the memory of Stephen Pitt Esq by his widow lately deceased.
“This building was completed in 1862. It is constructed of Longridge stone coarse with rough face.
Sir Philip Crampton was Surgeon-General to the British Army. He was always interested in zoological science and played an active part in founding the Royal Zoological Society of Ireland and was many times its president.
Crozier was a British naval officer who participated in six exploratory expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic.
Competition entry for headquarters of the National Bank on College Green. The National Bank was a competitior of the Bank of Ireland opposite and seen very much as a bank for catholic businessmen rather than the Anglo-Irish aristocracy.
Design in architectural competition to construct a new O’Connell Bridge, replacing Gandon’s Carlisle Bridge.
A curiously domestic top floor, almost bungalow-looking, has been added to this warehouse and office building by McCurdy.
The station for the mainline Dublin-Sligo rail route is a grander affair than the local narrow gauge station but still modest in comparison to stations in the larger Irish towns.
Described by Alaistar Rowan as “a large multi-gabled and aggressively picturesqe villa with decorative bargeboards,
Fine eight storey, five bay stone warehouse, with projecting corner bays, now part of an enterprise centre.