Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, PARLIAMENT STREET, CITY & COUNTY COURT HOUSE

Name: ROBERTSON, WILLIAM
Building: CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, PARLIAMENT STREET, CITY & COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Date: 1825a;1830
Nature: 'a capacious and handsome structure, recently completed by Mr. Robertson, the architect' (Brewer). Paid £15 for repairs, 1830.
Refs: J.N. Brewer, Beauties of Ireland I, (1825); E.McP files, citing NA/PRO Kilkenny City Presentments.

Name: BURNHAM, RICHARD
Building: CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, PARLIAMENT STREET, CITY & COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Date: 1855
Nature: RB wins competition for additions but declines to accept terms by which premium of £22-10s was to be deducted from fees. Grand Jury decided to have no architect, 'leaving the building in the hands of the contractor and clerk of works'.(In 1875 a judge declared that it was 'the most disgusting and abominable court-house he was ever in'.) Rebuilt 1895 after being partially destroyed by fire.
Refs: B 13, 28 Jul 1855, 359; IB 17, 1 Aaug 1875, 216; Architect 53, 8 Feb 1895, suppl. p.17