Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Designer and builder of the 'glass corridor' at Bellevue , Co. Wicklow, a range of conservatories 264 feet long, begun circa 1786. When John Ferrar visited Bellevue in 1796 he noted that the outline of the range was 'nearly finished by Mr Shanley, a native of Ireland, and an ingenious honest man'.(1)





References

Shanley's Christian name is supplied by Ray Desmond, Dictionary of British & Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists (1994), 619., which cites National Trust Yearbook (1981), 9, and Moorea 2 (1983), 21-28.

(1) J. Ferrar, A View of Dublin to 1796, 105?


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Building: CO. WICKLOW, BELLEVUE (DELGANY)
Date: 1796ca
Nature: Range of conservatories, 264 ft. long. Begun circa 1796. Cost: £3,000. For Peter La Touche.
Refs: John Ferrar, A view of ancient and modern Dublin, with its improvements to the year 1796. To which is added A tour to Bellevue, in the county of Wicklow, the seat of Peter la Touche, Esq.  (Dublin, 1796), 106; Ray Desmond, Dictionary of British & Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists (1994), 619.