Articled to Alfred G. Jones, Beater had a thriving commercial practice. His father was the chairman of Arnott & Co. Ltd, Dublin, and he later designed their flagship store. His obituary in the Irish Builder described him as “a kindly, courteous gentleman, liked and respected by all who knew him”.
Like others of the Dublin department stores of the era, the original Arnott’s started life as a brick faced building that was later extended and stuccoed over to present a consistent facade.
Destroyed by fire in 1894. A description published in 1875: “The premises now erecting for Messrs.
Design proposals for artisan dwellings for the Midland Great Western Railway Company adjacent to Broadstone Station in Dublin.
Large detached house in Grosvenor Road, finished in late 1878 or early 1879. According to The Irish Builder,
New furniture warehouse, Henry St. for Messrs. W. Brunton and Co. Destroyed during the Easter Rising of 1916.
Unsuccessful entry for new municipal buildings for Glasgow by Dublin architect George P. Beater.
“We learn that the number of drawings sent in last year for the proposed municipal buildings for Glasgow amounted to 724.
“This neat residence of which we give a perspective view, has been erected for J.H. Reid,
An unexecuted competition design by Dublin architect G.P. Beater to design a complex of museum and library around Leinster House,
Constructed at the corner of Sackville Place, next to the Imperial Hotel, which also contained Clery’s,
Ireland’s largest single department store, a grandiose Victorian design, the building has suffered greatly through fire,
