1834 – Hammersmith Ironworks, Ballsbridge, Dublin
Described in Lewis “A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland” as “Near the village are the Hammersmith iron-works, established in 1834 by Mr.
Richard Turner (1798-1881)
Richard Turner (1798-1881) was the most important glasshouse designer in Ireland and was responsible for many of the large glasshouses that were so much a part of fashionable development in Victorian Britain. With Decimus Burton, he was responsible for the design and manufacture of the glasshouses at Kew Gardens and the Winter Gardens at Regent’s Park. His most important work in ireland is the Curvilinear Range at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
He was also responsible for the Great Exhibition building of 1853 in Dublin as well as the original roof of Broadstone Station (which collapsed). He was involved with the first iron roof to cover a railway terminus in a single span at Lime Street Liverpool. He also submitted an entry for the design of the Crystal Palace in London but his design was rejected as being too costly.
1842 – Roxborough Castle, Moy, Co. Tyrone
Architect: William Murray / William Barre
Seat of the Earls of Charlemont, and originally built in the 18th Century but heavily remodelled by the second Earl in 1842,
1853 – Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin
Architect: Sir John Benson
The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was the largest international event to be held in Ireland.
1860 – Balance Rolling Bridge, George’s Dock, North Wall, Dublin
Architect: Turner & Gibson
Illustration of a balance rolling bridge erected at George’s Dock, part of the Custom House Docks,
1862 – Design for O’Connell Bridge, Dublin
Architect: Turner & Page
Design for bridge with steel span and decorative statuary. Entrant in architectural competition to construct a new O’Connell Bridge,
1869 – Curvilinear Range, Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Co. Dublin
Architect: Richard Turner
The Curvilinear Range of Glasshouses at the National Botanic Gardens were constructed between 1843 and 1869 and designed by native Dubliner Richard Turner.
1891 – Pearse Station, Westland Row, Dublin
Westland Row Station opened on 17 December 1834 as the city terminus of the Dublin & Kingstown Railway. Extensively rebuilt for the opening of the City of Dublin Junction Railway or Loop Line,
