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WALKER, ROBERT [5]
- Born: 1866 Died: 1937
Architect and engineer, of Cork. Robert Walker, who was born on 22 April 1866, was a son of the Cork engineer and architect ROBERT WALKER [4] . In October 1883 he entered Queen's College, Cork, where he studied engineering, first obtaining the Diploma in Engineering and then, in June 1889, the degree of Bachelor of Engineering of the Royal University. From June 1886 until June 1890 he was also working in his father's office. He next went to London, where he joined the staff of the engineering partnership of Lucas & Aird of Great George's Street, Westminster. He remained in London until at least 1894 but had returned to Cork by the autumn of 1898. In about 1900, his father took him into partnership; the practice was named ROBERT WALKER & amp; SON thereafter.
Walker died while on holiday with his wife in Rome in the summer of 1937.(1) The practice, which had retained the name of Robert Walker & Son, continued to do so until at least 1943.
Inst.CE: elected associate member, 1 December 1891.
RIAI: elected member, 1920.(2)
RIBA: elected licentiate, 1925.(3)
Society of Architects: appointed hon. sec. for Munster, 1905.(4)
Cork Historical & Archaeological Society: elected member, 1910.(5)
Addresses: Work: Lucas & Aird, 37 Great George Street, Westminster, 1891; 17 South Mall, Cork,<=1898 until death
Home: 26 Palace Street, Buckingham Gate, London, 1891; 11 Royal Avenue, Chelsea, 1893; 29 Walpole Street, Chelsea, 1893; 17 South Mall, Cork, <=1896->=1911.(6)
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the records of the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, kindly provided the Archivist, Mrs Carol Morgan.
(1) IB 79, 24 Jul 1937, 666.
(2) JRIAI (1921), 2.
(3) Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), II, 896.
(4) IB 47, 2 Dec 1905, 845.
(5) JCHAS 36 (1931), list of members.
(6) 1911 census of Ireland, http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ (last visited Oct 2009). At the time of the census he was still unmarried and living with his mother and his sister.
33 work entries listed in chronological order for WALKER, ROBERT [5]
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Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, INFIRMARY ROAD, VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN |
Date: | 1908-09 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds including new extern dept. on ground floor, large new ward on 1st floor, nursing accommodation on 2nd floor. Tenders invited Jan 1908; 'practically completed' Jan 1909. Contractor: Anthony Gaul. Cost about £2,000 |
Refs: | IB 50, 28 Jan,27 Jun 1908, 37,394; 51, 9 Jan 1909, 21 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, PATRICK'S QUAY, CLYDE SHIPPING CO. |
Date: | 1909-11 |
Nature: | Reconstruction of premises 'consequent on the Cork City Railwys passing through them'. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Samuel Hill, Cork. Iron & steel work: Robert Merrick, Cork. Stable fittings: Mugrave Bros., Belfast. Clerk of Works: Edmund Wakefield, Cork. Cost: over £11,000. |
Refs: | IB 51, 27 Nov 1909, 755; 54, 6 Jan 1912, 17; IA & C 1, 28 Jan 1911, 12 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, SUNDAYS WELL, SUNDAYS WELL BOATING & TENNIS CLUB |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | New club house. |
Refs: | IB 53, 10 Jun 1911, 389(illus.) |
Building: | CO. CORK, BALLINACURRA, CHARLESTON |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | New house for John H. Bennett, Ballinacurra,. |
Refs: |
Designs for sam signed Robert Walker & Son and dated Jany 1911 in IAA, Acc. 2017/116. |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, MACCURTAIN STREET, NO. 053-54 (F.H. THOMPSON & SON) |
Date: | 1911-13 |
Nature: | Extension at rear for F.H. Thompson & Son, confectioners, housing new bakehouse and extension to dough room and requiring removal of over 15,000 tons of rock to make way for foundations. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Daniel Hegarty, Fish St.. |
Refs: |
IB 53, 14 Oct 1911, 694; 54, 11 May 1912, 285; 56, 3 Jan 1914, 18; Irish Times, 30 Nov 1912. |
Building: | CO. CORK, BANDON, MAIN STREET SOUTH, WILLIAM CLARKE & SON |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | Tender of John Buckley, Bandon, accepted for carrying out alts. & imps. to premises. |
Refs: | IB 54, 31 Aug 1912, 510 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK ?, BOTTLING FACTORY (KILOH & CO.) |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | Tender of D,. Hegarty for carrying out alts. & adds. accepted. |
Refs: | IB 54, 7 Dec 1912, 700 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, WILLIAM STREET, KILOH & CO. |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | Tender of Anthony Gaul for erecting new stables lofts & stores accepted.. |
Refs: | IB 54, 27 Apr 1912, 258 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, KEMP STREET, LUNHAM BROS. |
Date: | 1912;1913 |
Nature: | New 20-ton ammonia absorption refrigerating machine by Haslam Foudry & Engineers' Co. Ltd (Derby) installed, 1912. New cooperage and stores, new cellars and hanging lofts, 1913. Archt: Robert Walker & Son.Contractor: Anthony Gaul, Cork. |
Refs: | IB 55, 4 Jan,24 May 1913, 23,352 |
Building: | CO. CORK, SKIBBEREEN, WILLIAM CLARKE & SON |
Date: | 1913 |
Nature: | Considerable alts. & adds. just started. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Samuel Hill. |
Refs: | IB 55, 27 Sep 1913, 624 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, LONG AVENUE, BACON CURING FACTORY (LUNHAM BROS.) |
Date: | 1913 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds., incl. chill room, cellar, killing place, pig styes &c, being carried out. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: James Wynne, Dundalk. |
Refs: | IB 55, 27 Sep 1913, 623 |
Building: | CO. CORK, BALTIMORE, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (CI, TULLAGH PARISH) |
Date: | 1914 |
Nature: | Alts. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: John Driscoll, Baltimore. |
Refs: | IB 56, 14 Feb 1914, 103 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, PATRICK STREET, NO. 029-030 (ROBERTSON, LEDLIE, FERGUSON & CO.) |
Date: | 1914 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Ed. Kearney, Cork. (These alts. could possibly be to George St premises) |
Refs: | IB 56, 15 Aug 1914, 498 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, BLARNEY ROAD, HOLLYMOUNT, HOUSE |
Date: | 1914 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Murphy Bros., Cork. |
Refs: | IB 56, 15 Aug 1914, 498 |
Building: | CO. CORK, LITTLE ISLAND, CARRIGRENAN HOUSE |
Date: | 1915 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds.being carried out for A.H. Julian. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Builder: D. Donoghue. |
Refs: | IB 57, 14 Aug 1915, 367 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, SOUTH MALL, NO. 097 (PROVINCIAL BANK) |
Date: | 1915 |
Nature: | Adds. & imps. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Tender of John Sisk & Son accepted. |
Refs: | IB 57, 4 Dec 1915, 526 |
Building: | CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, WILLIAM CLARKE & SON |
Date: | 1915 |
Nature: | Adds. & imps. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Tender of J. Costen, Waterford, accepted. |
Refs: | IB 57, 4 Dec 1915, 526 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, RUTLAND STREET, HOUSES (003) |
Date: | 1915 |
Nature: | 3 tenement houses to accommodate 9 families in flats, for Lunham Bros. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Anthony Gaul, Cork. Cost over £10,000. completed Nov/Dec 1915.. |
Refs: | IB 57, 24 Apr,4 Dec 1915, 198 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, LAVITT'S QUAY, WILLIAM CLARKE & SON |
Date: | 1915 |
Nature: | New premises for Wm. Clarke & Co.'s branch of Imperial Tobacco Co. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Samuel Hill, Cork. |
Refs: | IB 57, 11 Sep,20 Nov 1915, 405,506 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, SAWMILL STREET, BUCKINGHAM HOUSE FREE SCHOOL |
Date: | 1916 |
Nature: | Conversion of Cork Refuge Steam Laundry premises into new premises for school, including new dining hall, school room, dormitories &c.. Contractor: Anthony Gaul. |
Refs: | IB 58, 23 Dec 1916, 639 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CASTLEMARTYR, HOSTEL |
Date: | 1918 |
Nature: | RW designs accommodation for 24 disabled men to be trained for work in connection with tool handle industry bying strted at Castlemartyr by Eustace & Co. Estimates forwarded to London by Joint training Committee of City & County of Cork War Pensions. |
Refs: | IB 60, 22 Jun 1918, 326 |
Building: | CO. CORK, BALTIMORE, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (CI, TULLAGH PARISH) |
Date: | 1918 |
Nature: | Oak panelling, oak fonts & ends to choir seats, mosaic tiling, marble kneeling stp to sanctuary, tesellated pavement to choir aisle. For Mrs Annie Becher in memory of her husband Pte William Start Becher, BAI, Sportsman's Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, who died from wounds received at Trones Wood, France, Jul 1916. Contractor: J. Sisk & Son. |
Refs: | IB 60, 11 May 1918, 238 |
Building: | CO. CORK, KILMALLOCK, PROVINCIAL BANK |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. Contractor: T.A. Walsh, Kilmallock. |
Refs: | IB 61, 30 Aug 1919, 339 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, PRINCE'S STREET, NO. 008 (THOMPSON) |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. being carried out for F.H. Thompson & Son. Contractor: D. Hegarty & Sons. |
Refs: | IB 61, 22 Nov 1919, 531 |
Building: | CO. KERRY, CASTLEISLAND, PROVINCIAL BANK |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | Alts. & imps. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: James O'Connor, Castleisland. |
Refs: | IB 61, 5 Apr,30 Aug 1919, 163,336 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CASTLETOWNBERE, SQUARE, PROVINCIAL BANK |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | Reconstruction of premises.. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Contractor: Pat Sullivan, Castletown Berehaven. Completed by May 1920. |
Refs: | IB 61, 30 Aug 1919, 336; 62, 22 May 1920, 362 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, BEASLY STREET, RICHARD CLEAR & CO. |
Date: | 1920 |
Nature: | New butter factory starte. Contractor: C. Geeve, Cork. |
Refs: | IB 62, 14 Aug 1920, 530 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, PHOENIX STREET, R.C. CLEAR & CO. |
Date: | 1920 |
Nature: | New corn store being erected. Contractor: Duggan Bros., Cork. |
Refs: | IB 62, 25 Sep 1920, 617 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, BRIDGE STREET, F.H. THOMPSON & SON |
Date: | 1920 |
Nature: | Alts. to bakehouse. Contractor: D. Hegarty & Sons, Merchant St, Cork. |
Refs: | IB 62, 25 Sep 1920, 617 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, BEASLY STREET, CORK WAREHOUSING, COLD STORAGE & PURE ICE CO. |
Date: | 1921 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. Contractor: J. Sisk. |
Refs: | IB 63, 9 Apr 1921, 234 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MARY STREET, NO. 002 (IRISH CREAMERIES & EXPORTERS ASSN.) |
Date: | 1921 |
Nature: | Alts & adds consisting of increased cold storage accommodation & new machine house. Contractor: J. Sisk & Son. |
Refs: | IB 63, 9 Apr 1921, 234 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, PATRICK STREET, MUNSTER ARCADE |
Date: | 1924-26 |
Nature: | Rebuilding. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. Nearing completion Dec 1926. |
Refs: | IB 66, 29 Nov 1924, 1018; 68, 11 Dec 1926, 928 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, PATRICK'S QUAY, NO. 008-10 |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for sundry work. Archt: Robert Walker & Son. |
Refs: | IB 71, 21 Dec 1929, 1139; Architect & Building News 122, 20 Dec 1929, 772 |