Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Builder and architect, of Dublin, active from 1803 or earlier until 1815 or later. Benjamin Hallam was probably the same person as the son of BENJAMIN HALLAM [1] BENJAMIN HALLAM [1] , who was born in 1788.  He may also be the Benjamin Hallam whose will was  proved in the Prerogative Court in 1832.(1)

The Irish Architectural Archive holds Benjamin Hallam's signed and dated designs of 1808 for additions to Straffan House, Co. Kildare.(2)

Addresses: 51 Abbey Street, 1803-1810; 60 Abbey Street, 1811; Jervis street, 1812-1814; 25 Jervis Street, 1815.

See WORKS. See also BENJAMIN HALLAM [1]. BENJAMIN HALLAM [1].



References



(1) Index of Irish Wills 1484-1858 (Eneclann CD-ROM), Document ID 29066.
(2) Murray Collection, nos. 1158,1159 (photographs in box files). They were included in the exhibition Irish Architectural Drawings, 1965. According to the exhibition catalogue, Hallam 'designed also Rockcorry (Co Monaghan)' (p.12, no. 46). There is no house of this name, and the information may be a distortion of information about - HALLAM of Rockcorry, who designed the Methodist Church in Cootehill, Co. Cavan, in 1868.(B 26, 5 Sep 1868, 661).


2 work entries listed in chronological order for HALLAM, BENJAMIN [2]


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Building: CO. MONAGHAN, ROCKCORRY
Date: 1800p
Nature: Laid out model village with market house and Presbyterian church for Thomas Charles Steuart Corry in first decade of 19th century.
Refs: Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 522,523. 
 

Building: CO. KILDARE, STRAFFAN HOUSE
Date: 1808
Nature: Design for additions.
Refs: Plans and elevations in IAA, Murray Collection, nos. 1158,1159; Irish Architectural Drawings (1965), 12 (no.46)