Architect, of London, for whom see Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), I, 118. William Barnes, a pupil and sometime partner of GEORGE SMITH GEORGE SMITH , was architect, with Smith, to the Mercers' Company, and thus responsible for various buildings on the Mercers' estates in Co. Derry, mostly in Kilrea, from the 1830s until the 1860s. He also designed the National Bank headquarters in Dublin (1842-1845).
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19 work entries listed in chronological order for BARNES, WILLIAM #
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, BRIDGE STREET, AGENT'S HOUSE |
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1832-1835 |
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New 5-bay, 2-storey house, for Mercers' Company agent, William Henry Holmes.. Cut stone front with porch. Finished 1835. Cost: £4,000. Clerk of Works: James Turnbull. |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 134-5,pl.32; Angélique Day & Patrick McWilliams, eds.Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol. 27, 109
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, MARKET HOUSE |
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1834 |
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For Mercers' Company. |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 147, Pl.49
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, COURT HOUSE |
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1837a |
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New court house designed by WB for Mercers' Company.. Clerk of Works: James Turnbull.
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 147 (C.E.B. Brett, Court Houses and Market Houses of the Province of Ulster (UAHS, 1973), 85, gives design to JT)
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI) |
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1840;1862 |
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New church, with George Smith; also organ loft, 1862 |
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Design for organ loft, signed and dated 12 Aug 1862, in RCB Library, portfolio 10A; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 336; James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 138-9,141, Pl.38,39; illus. in Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), 86.
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, SCHOOLS |
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1840ca |
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With George Smith |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), Pl.44; B 22, 1 Oct 1864, 729
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CO. DERRY, LISLEA, SCHOOLS |
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1840ca |
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With George Smith |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), Pl.43
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CO. DERRY, MOVANAGHER, SCHOOLS |
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1840ca |
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With George Smith. for Mercers' Company. |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), Pl.42
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, NO. 034 (NATIONAL BANK) |
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1842-1845 |
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New 5-bay, 3-storey bank premises with single-bay wings. Superintending archt: Isaac Farrell |
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Pettigrew & Oulton's Dublin Almanac (1847), 'Annals of Dublin' (Nov 1842); E.M. Cosgrave, Visitor's Guide to Dublin; M. Craig, Dublin 1660-1860, 322; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 413.
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, CHURCH STREET, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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1849 |
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New church opened. For Mercers' Company. |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), Pl. 40; Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 187(illus.)
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CO. DERRY, SWATRAGH, SCHOOLS |
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1863-1865 |
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Proposed new schools, designed by WB?, for Mercers' Company. Builder: John McCloy and ? Steward |
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Estimates of John McCloy, letter and report from William Barnes, &c., 1863, in Mercers' Company Records, 5/57/479,480,486,496,497,500-50,712
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, NATIONAL SCHOOLS |
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1864 |
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New schools, financed by Mercers' Company. FS laid Sep? 1864.Contractors: Steward & McCloy, Kilrea. |
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Copy agreement and contract between Mercers' Co. and Steward & McCloy, builders, 11 Aug 1864, in Mercers' Co. Records, Guildhall Library, London, ref. 5/57/718; B 22, 1 Oct 1864, 729
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, RECTORY |
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? |
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Addition of porch |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 141
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CO. DERRY, KILREA, HOUSE |
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? |
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Cottage for rector's manservant. |
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James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 141
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