Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, BALLYKILBEG HOUSE

Name: LILLY, CHARLES
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYKILBEG HOUSE
Date: 1790-91
Nature: Designs house for William Johnston. Accounts mention '3 mended deals sent from Dublin by Mr Lilly'.
Refs: E.R.R. Green & F.M. Jope, 'Patron and architect: an example of relations in the late 18th century', Ulster Journal of Archaeology24-25 (1962), 146; D.M. Waterman, 'The building of Ballykilbeg House, Co. Down, 1790-92', Ulster Journal of Archaeology24-25 (1962), 152-155; E.M. Jope, ed., An Archaeological Survey of Co. Down (1966), 352