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BRETT, HENRY & SON(S)
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Civil engineering partnership practising from 49 Dame Street, Dublin, from about 1875 until the mid 1880s and consisting of HENRY BRETT and first one and then both of his sons JOHN HENRY BRETT and HENRY CHARLES BRETT . The firm first appears in the 1875 Post Office Dublin Directory as 'Henry Brett & Son, civil engineers, measurers and valuators'. The Irish Builder, which makes an ealier mention of 'Mssrs Brett' of St Stephen's Green in 1871 in connection with works at Naas courthouse,(1) refers to 'Brett and Sons' from 1877-1881.(2) During the 1870s the firm designed several branch banks for the National Bank. After Henry Brett's death in 1882, his two sons continued in practice as John H. & H.C. Brett.
Address: 49 Dame Street, Dublin.
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References
(1) IB 13, 1 Sep 1871, 230.
(2) IB 19,15 Sep,1 Nov 1877,271,319
11 work entries listed in chronological order for BRETT, HENRY & SON(S)
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Building: | CO. TIPPERARY, CARRICK-ON-SUIR, MAIN STREET, NATIONAL BANK |
Date: | 1873 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for carrying out additions and alterations, Mar 1873. |
Refs: | IB 15, 15 Mar 1873, advt. for tenders |
Building: | CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, ELLISON STREET, NATIONAL BANK |
Date: | 1873 |
Nature: | Tenders sought for erecting new bank. |
Refs: | IB 15, 15 Jul 1873, advertisement for tenders |
Building: | CO. MAYO, CLAREMORRIS, NATIONAL BANK |
Date: | 1873 |
Nature: | Alterations |
Refs: | IB 15, 15 Sep 1873, advertisement for tenders |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, NAAS, MAIN STREET SOUTH, COUNTY COURT HOUSE |
Date: | 1873 |
Nature: | Works |
Refs: | IB 15, 15 Jul 1873, advertisement for tenders |
Building: | CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, NATIONAL BANK |
Date: | 1877 |
Nature: | Limestone with Aberdeen granite shafts, Bridgewater brick, Portland stone dressings. Carving by Joseph O'Reilly, 'Cork'. Ironwork: Alfred Webb, Belfast. Builder: John Ryan & Sons, Bolton St. |
Refs: |
IB 19, 15 Sep 1877, 268,271(illus.); RHA 1881, no. 591; illus. in Archiseek, http://two.archiseek.com/archives/8428 (last visited, Jan 2010). |
Building: | ENGLAND, HUDDERSFIELD (YORKSHIRE), MUNICIPAL OFFICES & MARKET (PROPOSED) |
Date: | 1877 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 19, 1 Nov 1877, 318 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MILLSTREET, NATIONAL BANK |
Date: | 1878 |
Nature: | New bank. Gothic. 2-storey, 5-bay |
Refs: | IB 20, 1 Apr 1878, 102(illus.) |
Building: | CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, PATRICK STREET UPPER, ST JOSEPH'S CONVENT CHAPEL (PROPOSED) |
Date: | 1881 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 23, 1 Jan 1881, 6 (illus.) |
Building: | CO. ROSCOMMON, BALLAGHADERREEN, SEWERAGE SCHEME |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Brendan O'Donoghue, The Irish County Surveyors 1834-1944 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), 114 |
Building: | CO. WICKLOW, GREYSTONES, WATER SUPPLY SCHEME |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Brendan O'Donoghue, The Irish County Surveyors 1834-1944 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), 114 |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, NAAS, SEWERAGE SCHEME |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Brendan O'Donoghue, The Irish County Surveyors 1834-1944 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), 114 |