William A. Scott (1871-1921)

1834 – St. Brigid’s Church, Raharney, Co. Westmeath

A simple T-plan catholic church constructed shortly after the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829. Typical of many constructed at this time,

1901 – Houses at Chipstead, Surrey

Architect: William A. Scott

House in Chipstead in England, designed by Dublin architect William A. Scott for J. Ryder Hunt.

1901 – Townhall, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: Anthony & William Scott

Designed by Anthony Scott with his son William as a competition entry in 1897,

1905 – Houses, The Diamond, Clones, Co. Monaghan

Architect: William A. Scott

Attractive terrace of three Arts & Crafts style houses, that replaced an earlier range of large thatched buildings.

1906 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: William A. Scott

A fine convent chapel by William A. Scott, who also designed the townhall in Enniskillen.

1906 – Foreman’s Cottages, Talbot’s Inch, Co. Killkenny

Architect: William A. Scott

Talbot’s Inch was designed as a ‘model village’ and built to a master plan devised by William Alphonsus Scott in the fashionable Arts-and-Crafts style of the period.

1907 – St. Enda’s Church, Spiddal, Co. Galway

Architect: William A. Scott

Constructed between 1904 and 1907, and is considered one of the best examples of the Hiberno-Romanesque style as applied to church building.

1907 – Unbuilt design for Church, Timoleague, Co. Cork

Architect: William A. Scott

Competition entry to design a new Roman Catholic Church for Timoleague. Exhibited at RHA.

1908 – Spiddal House, Spiddal, Co. Galway

Architect: William A. Scott

Extensive remodelling of an earlier house from the 1820s, and additions including open loggias and tower were designed by Scott for 2nd Baron Killanin.

1910 – Carnegie Library, Skerries, Co. Dublin

Architect: Anthony Scott & William Scott

A fine little library originally endowed by Andrew Carnegie, and the result of an architectural competition in 1908.