1878 – Olderfleet Hotel, Larne, Co. Antrim
Architect: Samuel Patrick Close
Three storey hotel constructed for sea travellers next to the harbour. The interior boasted several large reception rooms.
1893 – Rosapenna Hotel, Carrigart, Co. Donegal
An unusual looking building for Ireland, but with good reason as it was designed in Stockholm, constructed in wood, and shipped to Mulroy.
2005 – Unbuilt Royal Dublin Hotel, Dublin
Architect: Ashlin Coleman
Unbuilt proposal by Ashlin Coleman to replace the Royal Dublin Hotel on O’Connell Street with a more modern and upmarket hotel.
1899 – Cannon Street Hotel, Birmingham
Architect: Bateman & Bateman
“The plans make this design explicit — Portland stone, with Berkshire bricks and green slates,
1876 – Royal Marine Hotel, Salthill, Co. Galway
Architect: Edward Townsend
Small hotel, with two floors and dormered attic designed by Galway engineer Edward Townsend. Townsend was Professor of Civil Engineering at Queen’s College,
1898 – New Palace Theatre, and Great Western Hotel, Plymouth
Architect: J.T. Wimperis & Arber
Unlike many Victorian buildings, this 1898 theatre survived the blitz on Plymouth during the Second World War and operated as a nightclub until 2006.
2008 – Hotel Development, Red Cow, Co. Dublin
Architect: HKR Architects
Unbuilt proposal for a large hotel development at the Red Cow roundabout on the edges of Dublin.
1894 – Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal
Architect: Sir Thomas Drew
The opening of the Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway (E&BR) in 1868 connected Bundoran with Ireland’s growing railway network and made the town more accessible from Belfast,
1899 – Royal British Hotel, Princes St., Edinburgh
Architect: James Macintyre Henry
Still a hotel today although much butchered at street level. “This building occupies a prominent site in Princes-street.
1868 – Imperial Hotel, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Charles A. Sherry
Constructed for William Jury, proprietor of Jury’s and Shelbourne hotels, Dublin, and Imperial Hotel, Cork.
