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 |