Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Builder, of Cork, employed by Cork Corporation between circa 1725 and circa 1754.(1) He was responsible for the building of the bridewell in 1731 and for the Meat and Milk Markets, erected near the Barracks in Cork in 1733.(2) He was also employed on the building of the South Gate in 1740.(3) He had died by 1754, when payments to both himself and his widow were authorized by the Corporation.(4)



References



(1) R. Caulfield (ed.) The Council Book of the Corporation of the City of Cork (1876), passim.
(2) Op. cit., 526,552.
(3) Op. cit., 604.
(4) Op. cit., 682.


3 work entries listed in chronological order for DAUNT, THOMAS *


Sort by date | Sort alphabetically


Building: CO. CORK, CORK, BRIDEWELL
Date: 1731
Nature: TD instructed to make estimates for same (8 Feb 1731) and to supervise its erection (22 Feb 1731).
Refs: Francis H. Tuckey, The County and City of Cork Remembrancer (Cork, 1837), 128;  R. Caulfield (ed.) The Council Book of the Corporation of the City of Cork (1876), ?

Building: CO. CORK, CORK, MEAT & MILK MARKETS
Date: 1733-36
Nature: His proposals for same accepted, 27 Jun 1733. Submits bill for finishing same, 5 Feb 1736.
Refs: R. Caulfield (ed.) The Council Book of the Corporation of the City of Cork (1876), 526,552.

Building: CO. CORK, CORK, CORNMARKET STREET, CORN MARKET (OLD)
Date: 1739
Nature: Prepares plans for, with John Coltsman. Coltsman and Daunt consulted re plans (theirs or W. Halfpenny's?), 3 Dec 1739, which were approved.
Refs: R. Caulfield (ed.) The Council Book of the Corporation of the City of Cork (1876), 591,626,591,626