Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE

Name: MORRISON, RICHARD (SIR)
Building: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE
Date: 1825ca
Nature: Adds. & alts. With William Morrison, for John Smith-Barry.
Refs: J.P. Neale, Views of Seats, 2nd ser. IV (X), 1828, no. 60; B 8, 21 Sep 1850, 450-451; A.M. Rowan, ed., The Architecture of Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison (IAA, 1989), 92-97(illus.)

Name: MORRISON, WILLIAM VITRUVIUS
Building: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE
Date: 1825ca
Nature: Adds. & alts. With Richard Morrison, for John Smith-Barry. Also unexecuted Tudor scheme.
Refs: J.P. Neale, Views of Seats, 2nd ser. IV (X), 1828, no. 60; A.M. Rowan, ed., The Architecture of Richard Morrison and William Vitruvius Morrison (IAA, 1989), 92-97(illus.)

Name: BENSON, JOHN (SIR)
Building: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE
Date: 1872
Nature: Billiard room, conservatory & heating apparatus. For A.H. Smith Barry. Contractor for building work: Richard Evans, Cork. Heating Contractors: Perrott & Sons, Hive Ironworks.
Refs: IB 14, 15 Dec 1872, 339

Name: HILL, ARTHUR
Building: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE
Date: 1897
Nature: Alts. & adds., for Hon. A.H. Smith-Barry. Also new gateway.
Refs: Architect 57, 16 Apr 1897, 254(illus.); IB 39, 1 Dec 1897, 228 (gives architect of alts. and adds. as W.H. Hill, but AH seems more likely)

Name: HILL, ARTHUR
Building: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE
Date: 1911
Nature: Renovation of garden pavilion built by AH some years ago. Alts. to include copper dome. With H.H. Hill, for Lord Barrymore. Builder: D. Hegarty, Merchants St, Cork.
Refs: IB 53, 8 Jul 1911, 470

Name: HARGRAVE, ABRAHAM ADDISON [1]
Building: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE
Date: ?
Nature: Alterations by AH for James Smith Barry
Refs: APSD, Part 14 (1864), H, 23

Name: HARGRAVE, JOHN
Building: CO. CORK, FOTA HOUSE
Date: ?
Nature: Castellated tower at NW end of island & entrance gateway
Refs: APSD 14 (1864), H, 23