Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)



Name: PENROSE, THOMAS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1787
Nature: Works at same.
Refs: Unsigned drawing for drawing room cornice, dated 7 Mar 1787, in NLI, Stapleton Collection, 2242recto, see Eugenie Carr, 'A catalogue of the Stapleton family collection of drawings in the National Library of Ireland', unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin, 1985, 169

Name: STAPLETON, MICHAEL *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1787
Nature: Stuccowork attributed to MS by Curran.
Refs: C.P. Curran, Dublin Decorative Plasterwork (1967), 83; Eugenie Carr, 'A catalogue of the Stapleton family collection of drawings in the National Library of Ireland', unpublished MA thesis, University College, Dublin, 1985, 169,235

Name: WOODGATE, ROBERT
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1804
Nature: Work on same, for Board of Works.
Refs: Board of Works Minute Book 1, 21 Apr,13 Aug,19 Aug 1804 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44)

Name: NASH, JOHN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1808
Nature: Design of entrance lodges attr. to JN by J.A.K. Dean on basis of close similarity to gate-lodges at Caledon, Co. Tyrone.  For 4th Duke of Richmond.
Refs: Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008) , 735.


Name: STAPLETON, GEORGE *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1810
Nature: Work by GS at same amounting to £3-2s-9d measured by Bryan Bolger; also plasterwork, 1810..
Refs: NA/PRO Bolger MSS, 1A/58/127,128

Name: DARLEY, FREDERICK [1]*
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1816
Nature: Bolger notes work by Darley & Baker on 'Portico in the Park' for Board of Works. £2100.
Refs: Bryan Bolger MSS, NA/PRO 1A/58/128

Name: TURNER, RICHARD *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1836-37
Nature: Range of peach houses.
Refs: Drawing(s) in NA, PRO collection, old ref. G.4.1; E.J. Diestelkamp, 'Richard Turner (c.1798-1881)and his glasshouses', Glasra 5 (1981), 52

Name: OWEN, JACOB
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1842ca-1854
Nature: Additions: coach houses (c.1842); east wing (designed 1843, executed 1849); west wing (1854).
Refs: F. O'Dwyer, 'Building empires: architecture, politics and the Board of Works 1760-1860', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 5 (2002), 152, Pls. 33,34

Name: FARRELL & SONS *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1862p
Nature: Monument to Lady St Germans. By Terence Farrell, for Earl of Carlisle.
Refs: W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), I, 335; Paula Murphy, 'Terence Farrell, Sculptor', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1991-1992, 78(illus.)

Name: OWEN, JAMES HIGGINS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1890
Nature: Redecoration of ballroom in yellow and white scheme with wallpaper in 2 shades of yellow designed by G.F. Bodley.  Contractor: Thomas Dockrell, Sons, & Co., Dublin.
Refs: Irish Times, 9 Dec 1890 (description).

Name: COCHRANE, ROBERT
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1895
Nature: Gate and gate lodge
Refs: IB 37, 15 Sep 1895, 218

Name: MELLON, THOMAS JOHN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1907-1909
Nature: Glasshouses, with Paton. Contractor: J. & P. Good.
Refs: IAA, PKS B21/24, A08 (Dec 1907)

Name: ROBINSON, ANDREW
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: 1911
Nature: New building, for visit of King George V. Contractor: J. & P. Good, Gt Brunswick St.
Refs: IB 53, 18 Feb 1911, 114

Name: LEASK, HAROLD GRAHAM
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: ?
Nature: Work on West Wing? drawn by HGL.
Refs: Drawing(s) in Office of Public Works archive, National Archives

Name: JOHNSTON, FRANCIS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: ?
Nature: Dairy (attr.)
Refs: Undated elevation of rustic dairy, attr. to FJ, in IAA, Murray Collection, no. 713 (see Murray Collection catalogue, p. 217)

Name: JOHNSTON, FRANCIS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: ?
Nature: Addition of 3-bay wings, north and south porticos.
Refs: NA/SPO 554/403/13 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); 'A letter from Francis Johnston [to J.N.Brewer]', BIGS 6 (no. 1), Jan-Mar 1963, 3; Dublin Penny Journal 2 (1934-35), 388; DB 1, 1 Oct 1859, 132; 'Aras an Uachtarain: the house and its furnishings', Oibre 5 (Jul 1967), 2, says that FJ added north portico in 1807 and south portico and wings in 1815-16 but SPO ref. above says north portico was built in 1813 and IB 42, 15 Apr 1900, 335, says wings were built for Earl of Hardwick (Viceroy 1801-6); north portico for Duke of Richmond (Viceroy 1807-1813); S. portico for Lord Whitworth (Viceroy 1813-1818); AJ 52, 13 Oct 1920, 396

Name: NIVEN, NINIAN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHOENIX PARK, VICE-REGAL LODGE (LATER ÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN)
Date: ?
Nature: Parterre.
Refs: E. Malins & P. Bowe, Irish Gardens and Demesnes from 1830 (1980), 36(illus.),41