Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, COUNTY COURT HOUSE

Name: PAPWORTH, GEORGE
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Date: 1822
Nature: New court house. Has 'a façade of an original order of architecture, only known to Irish professors of the art of building' (Lawson)
Refs: Thomas Reid, Travels in Ireland in the year 1822 (1823), 316-7; J.P. Lawson, Gazetteer of Ireland (1842), 220; B 13, 31 Mar 1855, 150; DB 2, 1 Aug 1860, 308; APSD, P, 40;

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Date: 1832
Nature: Grant of £1,208 from Board of Works for improvements in Jan 1832.
Refs: 1st Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1833), 5

Name: CARSON, EDWARD HENRY
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Date: 1858
Nature: EHC wins premium for designs for alts & adds, but job given to G. Wilkinson.
Refs: B 16, 29 May,18 Dec 1858, 381,857

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Date: 1858-1860
Nature: Adds. & alts. Now contains 2 courts. Wings have been raised a storey and given-pediments of chiselled limestone. Connected by Grecian Doric portico of cast iron according to designs of original architect, George Papworth. Local builder named Cooley.
Refs: B 16, 18 Dec 1858, 857; 18, 11 Aug 1860, 512; DB 1, Jan 1859, 1 (advt. for tenders); 2, 1 Aug 1860, 308