Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

County surveyor for Cos. Galway (western division) and Wicklow. Carter Draper, a younger son of Carter E. Draper, chemist, of Hereford, was born in Hereford on 28 Febrary 1845 but was brought up in Dublin, where his parents came to live two years after his birth.(1) He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1863, graduating in 1867, with the special certificates of the Engineering School in engineering, practical mechanics and physics. He served his pupilage with the Dublin engineering firm, COURTNEY STEPHENS & COURTNEY STEPHENS & amp; BAILEY BAILEY , and subsequently worked on engineering projects for Bewley, Webb & Co. and Ross, Stephens & Walpole. He then spent three years as assistant engineer on the North Wall extension of the Great Southern and Western Railway. In May 1878,(2) after gaining first place in the county surveyorship examination, Draper was appointed county surveyor to the western division of Co. Galway and four years later, in July 1882,(3) following the death of HENRY BRETT HENRY BRETT , was transferred to the surveyorship of Co. Wicklow, a post which he held until his death. He also practised privately.

Draper died on 7 December 1902,(4) having been 'ailing' for some time previously.(5) By his English-born wife, Sophy (d. 1927), he had at least ten children;(6)  two of his sons, CHARLES FREDERICK DRAPER  CHARLES FREDERICK DRAPER and FRANCIS EDWIN DRAPER  FRANCIS EDWIN DRAPER were also engineers.

The Irish Architectural Archive has a survey plan by Draper of the Tailors' Hall, Back Lane, made in 1875 for James Kennan of the Mission to the Liberties (Acc. 2013/81).l

Inst.CE: elected member, 29 May 1883.

Addresses:(7) Dunluce, Strand, Bray, 1883; Norman House, Meath Road, Bray, 1887-1891; 26 Grosvenor Road, Rathmines, 1892-1902.

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References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the obituary of Draper in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 151 (1902-3, Pt 1), 410-11.

(1) Carter Draper the elder appears in the English census of 1841 as a chemist in Hereford, with a wife, Eleanor, and two son and a daughter all under the age of four. 'Carter E. Draper' appears in the Post Office Dublin Directory for 1853 as a 'druggist, 23 Mary st and 17 Richmond avenue, Fairview'; he may be the Carter Eben Draper, who was christened at St Andrew's, Holborn, London, on 17 Jan 1811 (www.familysearch.org).
(2) O'Donoghue.
(3) IB 24, 1 Aug 1882, 229.
(4) Inscription on gravestone in Enniskerry Churchyard, transcribed by O'Donoghue.
(5) IB 44, 18 Dec 1902, 1524.
(6) Information from Draper's 1901 census return.
(7) From Thom's Directory (1883), Post Office Directory (1896) and Jones's transcripts from Thom's directories.


9 work entries listed in chronological order for DRAPER, CARTER


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Building: CO. WICKLOW, WICKLOW, BATCHELOR'S WALK, ASSEMBLY HALL
Date: 1885
Nature: CD's plans for new assembly hall adopted by local committee.
Refs: Irish Times, 17 Dec 1885.

Building: CO. WICKLOW, WICKLOW, STONE BRIDGE
Date: 1887
Nature: Piling, paving & repairs. Contractor: Michael Clarke. Cost: £600.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter 9 Apr,14 May 1887

Building: CO. WICKLOW, WICKLOW, BRIDGE (PARNELL?)
Date: 1890
Nature: CD provides design for rebuilding (or restoration) of wooden bridge. Contractor: Michael Clarke. Cost: £200.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 5 Apr,27 Sep 1890

Building: CO. WICKLOW, WICKLOW, FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, HALPIN MEMORIAL
Date: 1894-97
Nature: Monument to Captain Robert Halpin of Tinakilly House(1836-1894), former master of the Great Eastern.  CD submits 2 designs; obelisk design chosen. Monument unveiled by Lady Milton 22 Oct 1897. Contractor for obelisk: Robinson & Sons, Belfast.  Enclosure erected under superintendence of Mr William Speares.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 12 May 1894, 8 Jun 1895; 23 Oct 1897.

Building: CO. WICKLOW, BOLEYHORRIGAN (SALLYGAP), BRIDGE
Date: 1896-97
Nature: Rebuilding, for Co. Wicklow Grand Jury. Tenders invited Mar, Jul 1897.
Refs: Irish Times, 11,13 Jul 1896;   IB 38, 15 Jul 1896, 156;  Wicklow Newsletter, 6 Mar 1897.

Building: CO. WICKLOW, GREYSTONES, MAIN DRAINAGE
Date: 1897
Nature: For Guardians of Rathdown Union.
Refs: IB 39, 15 Sep,15 Oct 1897, 180,204; 43, 29 Aug 1901, 846

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DEAN'S GRANGE, CEMETERY
Date: 1897
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting additional buildings to registrar's house, waiting room, office &c. for Guardians of Rathdown Union, Sep 1897.
Refs: Irish Times, 24 Sep 1897;  IB 39, 15 Dec 1897, 237

Building: CO. WICKLOW, ARKLOW, BRIDGE OVER AVOCA RIVER
Date: 1897
Nature: New wrought-iron and steel overhanging footway to be attached to existing stone bridge. Tenders invited Mar 1897.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 6 Mar 1897.

Building: CO. WICKLOW, GREYSTONES, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1900
Nature: -
Refs: IB 42, 1 Jul 1900, 404