Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of London, for whom see Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 128-134, and Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), I, 206. In Ireland Blore designed Crom Castle, Co. Fermanagh, 1833-41, Ballydrain, Co. Antrim, 1837-8, additions at Castle Upton, Co. Antrim, 1836-7, and proposed the addition of a tower at Mallow Castle, Co. Cork, 1837.  WILLIAM WALKER WILLIAM WALKER , who was active in Ireland in the 1840s was among his pupils.

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(1) Drawings in IAA, Murray Collection, Nos. 270-288;
(2) Colvin


5 work entries listed in chronological order for BLORE, EDWARD #


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Building: CO. FERMANAGH, CROM CASTLE (NEWTOWNBUTLER)
Date: 1832-1837
Nature: New castellated mansion for 2nd Earl Erne. Shell built, 1832-1834, by James Henry for c. £13,000. Contractor for inside work: Charles McGibbon, Edinburgh. (Boathouse given to Blore, 1841, in National Trust leaflet, but see also George Sudden.)
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Murray Collection, Nos. 270-288, and Victoria  & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection, SD90/4(1-3), SC54/11(4-8), see Margaret Richardson, ed., Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects B (RIBA, 1972), 91, and British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/BvgrEEYUeK/MAIN_CAT/14620059/13 (last visited Apr 2009); copy statement of case with counsel's opinion in dispute with Mr Henry concerning building of Crum Castle. John Creighton Esq., 18 Sep 1834, in PRONI, D1939/16/1A/10 (see PRONI e-catalogue);   Angélique Day & Patrick McWilliams, eds.Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Vol. 4: Parishes of Co. Fermanagh 1834-5 (1990), 91; Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 131; Hugh Dixon, Ulster Architecture 1800-1900 (UAHS, 1972), 10 (no.12, drawing reproduced in plate section); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 222-3

Building: CO. ANTRIM, CASTLE UPTON
Date: 1836-1837
Nature: Enlargement, for 1st Viscount Templetown
Refs: Drawings in Victoria & Albert Museum, 8731-9 A 269; Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (3rd edn., 1995), 132; W.D. Girvan & A. Rowan, Historic Buildings…in West Antrim (UAHS, 1970), 14-17

Building: CO. CORK, MALLOW CASTLE
Date: 1837
Nature: Assisted (or was consulted by) Denham Jephson (Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson-Norreys from 1838) re designs for rebuilding same.
Refs: Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn, 2008), 132, citing design for adding a tower, 1837, in Cambridge University Library, Add. MS. 3956, f.49; Mark Bence-Jones, Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I, Ireland. (London, 1978), 199-200(illus); Anna-Maria Hajba, Houses of Cork I (2002), 255-6(illus.)

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYDRAIN HOUSE (DUNMURRY)
Date: 1837-1838
Nature: For Hugh Montgomery.
Refs: Elevations and detail of chimneypiece in V & A, 1852[or 8752?].1,2. A 268; Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 132, citing Cambridge University Library, Add. MS. 3956 and V. & A. 182r.

Building: KEVIN V. MULLIGAN, THE BUILDINGS OF IRELAND: SOUTH ULSTER (2013), 285
Date: ?
Nature: North Lodge 'usually attributed to Edward Blore, though George Sudden may equally be a contender' (Mulligan).
Refs: Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 285-6.