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QUIN, JOHN
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'Operative Architect', of Palace Row, Armagh. In a letter to Henry Labouchère, MP, dated 14 March 1855, Quin describes himself as 'an operative Architect , under the patronage of His Grace the Lord Primate Beresford' but 'unfavoured with the adventitious gifts of fortune'. The purpose of his letter was to solicit a subscription 'to a work of mine, on a new and improve[sic] system of domestic and rural Architecture, specially adapted for Ireland'. Although his book was 'somewhat voluminous', the subscription was only £2 per copy. He names other subscribers as WILLIAM CUBITT , JOSEPH PAXTON , JOHN MACNEILL , CHARLES BARRY , THOMAS HOPPER , George Heald and WILLIAM DARGAN . Nothing further is known of Quin or his book.
Address: Palace Row, Armagh, 1855.
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All information in this entry is from Quin's letter to Labouchère, which is in the Rhodes House Library, Oxford, MSS.Brit.Emp. S.451, f.5 (photocopy in IAA, courtesy of Sir Howard Colvin).
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| Building: | CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, MALL, SOVEREIGN'S HOUSE |
| Date: | 1809-19 |
| Nature: | Designed by JQ possibly with Francis Johnston. |
| Refs: | R. McKinstry, R. Oram, R. Weatherup, P. Wilson, The Buildings of Armagh (UAHS, 1992), 129-30 |