Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WESTMEATH, KNOCKDRIN CASTLE

Name: MALIPHANT, GEORGE #
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, KNOCKDRIN CASTLE
Date: 1812
Nature: GM exhibits design for proposed conservatory 'for Sir R. Levinge, Bt, Ireland' at RA.
Refs: RA 1812, no. 37; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 372.

Name: MCCURDY, JOHN
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, KNOCKDRIN CASTLE
Date: 1862
Nature: New castellated entrance on Mullingar side of demesne, for Sir Richard Levinge, Bt..
Refs: DB 4, 1 Feb 1862, 33; 5, 15 Jun 1863, 101; design exh. RHA 1863, no. 462

Name: MCLEISH, ALEXANDER
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, KNOCKDRIN CASTLE
Date: ?
Nature: Layout of grounds and gardens for Sir Richard Levinge.
Refs: E. Malins & P. Bowe, Irish Gardens & Demesnes from 1830 (1980), 20

Name: MORRISON, RICHARD (SIR)
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, KNOCKDRIN CASTLE
Date: ?
Nature: Unexecuted proposal for castle-style house for Sir Richard Levinge, 6th Bt. Design rejected in favour of one by James Shiel.
Refs: Elevation (in hand of Owen Fahy) in IAA, Acc. 80/51.1; A.M. Rowan, ed., The Architecture of Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison (IAA, 1989), 180(illus.)

Name: SHIEL, JAMES
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, KNOCKDRIN CASTLE
Date: ?
Nature: Attribution to JS suggested by Casey & Rowan. For Sir Richard Levinge, Bt.
Refs: Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 370-72

Name: KEEGAN, PATRICK
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, KNOCKDRIN CASTLE
Date: ?
Nature: New Gothick game larder with space for dining for Sir Richard Levinge (Demolished)
Refs: Design in PRONI, Ballynegall Papers, D3549/K/3 (see PRONI e-catalogue).