2003 – Unbuilt Sligo – LAMA Architectural Competition
The library wall forms the backdrop to a new square and is made from Limestone,
The library wall forms the backdrop to a new square and is made from Limestone,
A fine post office with shallow, bow-fronted end bays with beautiful banded brick. Above the pedimented doorway inscriptions read ‘
Designed by Belfast architect Henry Seaver, this distinctive brick Arts and Crafts building, sited on rising land,
The original building was designed by James Owen of the Board of Works to provide education to all demoninations between 1857-63.
Built to commemorate the deceased Bishop Gillooly who was a campaigner against alcohol. The interior is classic victorian –
Most large Irish towns have a fine classical courthouse (Carlow, Monaghan, Dundalk), but Sligo’s is a fine Gothic Revival ediface.
Originally the Provincial Bank, this branch of AIB is finished with elaborately carved Mountcharles sandstone. Well proportioned,
Designed by William Hague (who was better known for his churches), Sligo Townhall is a well proportioned building in a Lombardo-Romanesque style.
Designed by Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon as a small Gothic Revival church in 1851,