Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY)

Name: MILLER, GEORGE MACKAY
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY)
Date: 1854
Nature: Goods station, 365 ft long, approached from Penrose's Quay.  Contractor: John J. Bagnell.
Refs: Drawings, signed by John J. Bagnell,Jan-Jun 1854, in IAA, ICEI Collection, Acc.2005/95.IEI 5366;  B 15, 17 Jan 1857, 38;  Cork Examiner, 22 Aug 1855 (information from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Dec 2010).

Name: BENSON, JOHN (SIR)
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY)
Date: 1855-1860
Nature: New railway terminus approached fromPenrose's Quay. Contractor: John J. Bagnell. Construction includes colonnade of 20 Roman Doric columns costing £8,000.
Refs: Unsigned, undated drawings for colonnade and roof in IAA, ICEI Collection, Acc.2005/95.IEI 5366; APSD 2, C, 147-8; B 13, 20 Oct 1855, 502; 15, 17 Jan 1857, 38; DB 2, 1 Jul 1860,295(illus.),297; Jeanne Sheehy, 'Railway Architecture - its heyday', Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society 12, No. 68 (Oct 1975), 136;  Colin Rynne, The Industrial Archaeology of Cork City and its Environs  (1999), 209-212.

Name: HARGRAVE, JOSHUA
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY)
Date: 1857
Nature: Carriage shed.   Contractors: Willam Egan and Denis Murray.
Refs: Cork Examiner, 4 Feb 1857 (nformation from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Feb 2011).

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY)
Date: 1888
Nature: Carriage shed, 850 x4ft.
Refs: Architect 39, 6 Jan 1888, 4

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY)
Date: 1891-93
Nature: New station (next to old station, but approached from Glanmire Road Lower) opened for traffic, 1 Feb. Ruabon brick with facings of light limestone. Cost £60,000 including re-orientation of bridge over Water St. Old station to be used as cattle depot. Contractor: Samuel Hill.
Refs: IB 33, 1,15 Feb,1 Apr 1891, 33,46,73; 35, 15 Feb 1893, 47