Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL

Name: LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1863
Nature: Waiting room and surgical theatre behind hospital.
Refs: DB 5, 1 Jul 1863, 118

Name: BRIDGFORD, JAMES HARGRAVE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1875-76
Nature: New buildings. Contractor: Robinson. Cost: £68,000.
Refs: IAA, PKS, B06a/18, B07/08 and A 06 (Jul 1875)

Name: BRETT, JOHN HENRY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1879;1887
Nature: JHB winner of competition for new wing, containing offices, 3 new wards, lecture theatre, and accommodation for doctors, students and nurses.  First phase of building, 1879.  Second phase, with W.M.Mitchell, 1887. Tenders invited, Oct 1887.
Refs: IB 21, 15 Nov 1879, 357; 22, 15 Jul 1880(illus.); 39, 15 Jan 1897, 18;  Irish Times, 12 Oct 1887;  RHA 1881, no. 599; RHA 1899(?surely 1889), no.409;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 552.


Name: MITCHELL, WILLIAM MANSFIELD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1880-1888
Nature: New wing, with J.H. Brett.
Refs: IB 21, 15 Nov 1879, 357; 22, 15 Jul 1880(illus.); IB 39, 15 Jan 1897, 18; RHA 1881, no. 599; RHA 1899(?surely 1889), no.409; Obituary of Mitchell by R.M. Butler in IB 52, 19 Mar 1910, 173;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 552.

Name: MITCHELL, W. M., & SONS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1905-1907
Nature: New operating theatre, dispensary & sundry alts. & adds.  Tenders invited, |Jul 1905.  Contractor: J. & W. Stewart. Estimated cost: £3,261.
Refs: Drawings &c., 1905, in IAA, McCurdy & Mitchell Collection, 79/17, Bin VI, Roll 28; IAA, PKS 0884, B20/40, B21/12; IB 47, 1,29 Jul 1905, 458,466,509; 48, 22 Sep 1906, 770;  Irish Times, 3 Jul 1905.

Name: MURRAY, ALBERT EDWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1907
Nature: Alts. & adds. including new cut stone porch. Contractor: H. & J. Martin.
Refs: IB 49, 13 Jul 1907, 490; 50, 4 Apr 1908, 213

Name: MURRAY, ALBERT EDWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1915
Nature: New verandahs and other building works. Contractor: B.W. Whyte.
Refs: IB 57, 14 Aug 1915, 366

Name: O'CONNOR, GEORGE LUKE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1929
Nature: Passenger lift. Contractor: M.J. Greene, Donnybrook.
Refs: IB 71, 25 May 1929, 464

Name: O'CONNOR & AYLWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1944-1956
Nature: Various works including new nurses' home, 1952-53, pathological laboratory, 1956.
Refs: IB 86, 15 Jul 1944, 288; 88, 13 Jul 1946, 426; 89, 23 Aug 1947, 632; 90, 20 Mar 1948, 222; 91, 11 Jun,9 Jul,17 Sep 1949, 550,638,870; 93, 12 May 1951, 514; 94, 16 Feb,22 Nov 1952, 182,1127; 95, 21 Nov 1953, 1229; 96, 22 May,20 Nov 1954, 509,1146; 97, 15 Jan 1955, 70; 98, 21 Apr 1956, 359;

Name: COOKE, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERCER STREET, MERCER'S HOSPITAL
Date: 1954
Nature: Nurses' home
Refs: IB 96, 8 May 1954, 465