Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Dublin. Hugh Carmichael was admitted to the Dublin Society's School of Drawing in Architecture on 26 June 1834,(1) and was also a pupil of WILLIAM DEANE BUTLER. WILLIAM DEANE BUTLER. (2) He exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy between 1841 and 1850.(3) In 1854 he formed a partnership with ALFRED GRESHAM JONES ALFRED GRESHAM JONES , which lasted until his death in 1860.(4)

RIAI: associate by1843;(5) elected fellow, 17 January 1850.(6)

Addresses:(7) Work: 72 Harcourt Street, 1841; 2 Harcourt Street, 1842-3; 5 Dawson Street, 1844; 5 Dawson Street & 45 York Street, 1845; 45 York Street, 1846; 128 Stephen's Green, 1847-52; 3 Molesworth Street, 1853-1860.
Home: Waltham Terrace, Blackrock, 1847-9; Peafield, Blackrock, 1850; Pearmount, Rathgar, 1851-4; 3 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock, 1856-59.

See WORKS; see also CARMICHAEL & JONES. CARMICHAEL & JONES.



References



(1) Royal Dublin Society Proceedings.
(2) DB 2, 1 Apr 1860, 232.
(3) Ann M. Stewart, The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts: index of exhibitors and their works 1826-1979 I (1986), 120.
(4) Thom's Directories.
(5) Jones, citing ?Thom's Directory, 1843.
(6) RIAI General Meeting minutes, 17 Jan 1850, 67.
(7) RHA Exhibitors Index and Thom's Directories.


8 work entries listed in chronological order for CARMICHAEL, HUGH


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Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, O'CONNELL STREET, SAVINGS BANK
Date: 1841
Nature: HC exhibits designs for bank at RHA
Refs: RHA 1841, no. 376,377; 1843, no. 610

Building: CO. CARLOW, CARLOW, CHURCH OF ST ANN OR BRUEN TESTIMONIAL (CI)
Date: 1842
Nature: HC exhibits design for testimonial at RHA
Refs: RHA 1842, no. 454

Building: CO. WEXFORD, HORETOWN HOUSE
Date: 1843-44
Nature: Designs for porch and internal details.
Refs: Drawings in NLI AD 3396,3408-09,3459,3464-65

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HAROLD'S CROSS ROAD, MOUNT JEROME CEMETERY, CHAPEL
Date: 1844
Nature: HC exhibits Gothic and Grecian designs for funeral chapel at RHA at RHA (competition entries)
Refs: RHA 1844, no. 407,455

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLASNEVIN, PROSPECT CEMETERY, MERRIMAN (MICHAEL) MAUSOLEUM
Date: 1850
Nature: HC exhibits model at RHA
Refs: RHA 1850, no. 340

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CEANCHOR ROAD (HOWTH), DRUMLECK HOUSE
Date: 1852p
Nature: Adds. in vernacular style, for William MacDougall, solicitor.
Refs: Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (Cork University Press, 1997), 433

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EUSTACE STREET, QUAKER MEETING HOUSE
Date: 1853
Nature: Scheme of improvement commissioned from HC and George Papworth. Neither carried out.
Refs: D.M. Butler, The Quaker Meeting Houses of Ireland (2004), 52

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, SAVINGS BANK
Date: 1853
Nature: New 3-bay, 2-storey bank on corner of Watling Street.  HC winner of first prize in competition for same.
Refs: Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 16 (Mar 1853), 116;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 663.