Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COURT HOUSE

Name: DARLEY, HUGH *
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COURT HOUSE
Date: 1737
Nature: Described as 'designed and well executed by Mr Hugh Darling of Dublin' by Harris.
Refs: W. Harris, The Antient and present state of the County of Down (1744), 32 (this information is repeated in Hibernian Magazine, May 1777); C.E.B. Brett, Court Houses and Market Houses of the Province of Ulster (UAHS, 1973), 66; Gordon Wheeler, 'John Lynn - Architect/Contractor/Engineer', Lecale Miscellany (1997), 38

Name: LYNN, JOHN [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COURT HOUSE
Date: 1832-34
Nature: JL contractor for alterations & enlargement to design by J.B. Keane.
Refs: C.E.B. Brett, Court Houses & Market Houses of the Province of Ulster (UAHS, 1973), 66; Gordon Wheeler, 'John Lynn - Architect/Contractor/Engineer', Lecale Miscellany (1997), 38

Name: KEANE, JOHN BENJAMIN
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COURT HOUSE
Date: 1832-34
Nature: Paid £150 for designing alterations & enlargements. Work supervised by J. Lynn, architect.
Refs: C.E.B. Brett, Court Houses & Market Houses of the Province of Ulster (UAHS, 1973), 66

Name: SMYTH, HENRY
Building: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COURT HOUSE
Date: 1855-58
Nature: Alts and adds. after fire of 10 Mar 1855 comprising new crown court and offices, enlargement of hall and provision of public staircase to galleries, Grand Jury Room and offices. Nearly complete, Jul 1858. completed by summer, 1859. Contractor: George Stockdale (later Martin & Stockdale)..
Refs: B 13, 18 Aug 1855, 395; 14, 19 Jan,2 Aug 1856, 36,425; 16, 24 Jul 1858, 511; D. Dunleath, P.J. Rankin, A.J. Rowan, Historic Buildings… in the town of Downpatrick (UAHS, 1970), 11 (no. 18); C.E.B. Brett, Court Houses and Market Houses of the Province of Ulster (UAHS, 1973), 66