Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architectural partnership of FREDERICK BATCHELOR  FREDERICK BATCHELOR and GEORGE FREDERICK HICKS GEORGE FREDERICK HICKS . The partnership, which had its office at 86 Merrion Square, Dublin, was formed in 1905, when JAMES RAWSON CARROLL  JAMES RAWSON CARROLL retired from the partnership of CARROLL & BATCHELOR CARROLL & BATCHELOR , and was dissolved on 11 May 1922, when Batchelor retired.(1) In 1919 or 1920 the partnership won third prize in Part I, Section B, of the RIAI's competition for a design for industrial buildings.(2) Pupils and assistants in the office included ERNEST ALBERT BARRETT ERNEST ALBERT BARRETT , THOMAS SHEPARD THOMAS SHEPARD , WILLIAM NEEDHAM SPENCE WILLIAM NEEDHAM SPENCE , FINIAN H. TALLON  FINIAN H. TALLON and WILLIAM H. WARD.  WILLIAM H. WARD.

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References



(1) IB 64, 17 Jun 1922, 410.
(2) JRIAI (1920), 7.


62 work entries listed in chronological order for BATCHELOR & HICKS


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Building: CO. DUBLIN, ST EDMUNDSBURY (LUCAN)
Date: 1905
Nature: Residence for 8 patients. Contractor: J. Pemberton & Sons. For Governors of St Patrick's Hospital.
Refs: Plans in St Patrick's Hospital archives, F/9/13c?, f/9/13k-l;  IAA, PKS 0882, B20/35, A08 (May 1905)

Building: CO. KILKENNY, MOUNT JULIET
Date: 1905
Nature: Very extensive alterations & additions to house of General McCalmont.
Refs: IB 47, 29 Jul,26 Aug 1905, 509,578

Building: CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, PATRICK STREET, PROVINCIAL BANK
Date: 1905
Nature: Extensive alterations & additions
Refs: IB 47, 17 Jun,23 Sep 1905, 422,670

Building: CO. OFFALY, DAINGEAN, DISPENSARY HOUSE
Date: 1905
Nature: Drainage and plumbing
Refs: IB 47, 23 Sep 1905, 670

Building: CO. DUBLIN, MALAHIDE, SEAMOUNT, HOUSE & OUTBUILDINGS
Date: 1905-1906
Nature: Reconstruction of house destroyed by fire, for J.G. Jameson
Refs: IB 47, 29 Jul,26 Aug 1905, 526,602; 48, 24 Mar 1906, 217

Building: CO. OFFALY, TULLAMORE, UNION WORKHOUSE FEVER HOSPITAL
Date: 1905-1906
Nature: Plumbing, drainage and sanitary annexe to fever hospital.
Refs: IB 47, 9 Sep 1905, 641; 48, 14 Jul 1906, 566

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAME STREET, NO. 027-30 (HELY)
Date: 1906
Nature: Additions. Contractors: Mssrs. Thompson, Belfast & Dublin. Hennebique reinforced concrete frame used 'reputedly for the first time in Dublin' (Casey).
Refs: IB 48, 5 May,22 Sep 1906, 366,770; IA & C 1, 8 Apr 1911, 144;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 415.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 096, & NO.1-3 WICKLOW STREET (WEIR & SONS)
Date: 1906
Nature: New premises.  Doors moved from former premises.
Refs: IB 48, 22 Sep 1906, 770;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 523.

Building: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, RAILWAY ROAD, GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL
Date: 1906
Nature: Large new hotel to be built by Great Southern & Western Railway Co.
Refs: IB 48, 14 Jul 1906, 545

Building: CO. DUBLIN, MALAHIDE, MALAHIDE CASTLE
Date: 1906
Nature: B & H responsible for epairs to roof of Great Hall (which substantially replaced the existing, possibly late medieval, roof ) and oversaw various other minor repairs. (Frank Keohane suggests that B & H may also have been responsible for Arts & Crafts style gate lodge to demesne in Malahide village.)
Refs: Bodleian Library, Oxford, Talbot MS. C.87.6 (information from Frank Keohane in e-mail of May 2009).

Building: CO. KERRY, DERRYQUIN CASTLE
Date: 1906-08
Nature: Additions. Estimated cost of James Beckett's tender, £8,032.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0877, B20/59, B21/04, A08 (Jun 1906)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAWSON STREET, NO. 032½-34 (IRISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)
Date: 1906;1910-1911;
Nature: New premises, 1906; enlargement, 1910-11. Contractors for latter: William Beckett & Son.
Refs: IB 48, 5 May 1906, 366; 52, 19 Feb,2 Apr 1910, 117,197; 53, 21 Jan 1911, 45  Irish Times, 25 Feb 1910, 1 Mar 1911;  IA & C 1, 4,11 Mar 1911, 74,97; 62, 3 Jan 1920, 17; Building News 100, 10 Mar 1911, 347;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 516.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH AVENUE (DRUMCONDRA), NATIONAL SCHOOL
Date: 1907
Nature: New national school for Drumcondra and North Strand parish, overlooking Clonturk Park.  Cornerstone laid by Lady Talbot de Malahide, 30 Jul 1907.
Refs: Plan and elevations in RCB Library;  Irish Times, 31 Jul 1907;  IB 49, 10 Aug 1907, 561.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ADELAIDE ROAD, ROYAL VICTORIA EYE & EAR HOSPITAL
Date: 1907-1908;1912;
Nature: Outpatients department; sanitary block; W. Wing extension; new wing
Refs: Design for addition, 1912, and undated design for proposed new wing, 1912, in IAA, Alan Hope Collection, Acc. 87/127, S 00155;  IAA, PKS 0013, 0014, 1234, B21/23, A08 (Nov 1907, Aug 1908), A09 (Jun 1912); Irish Times, 22 Feb 1907;  IB 49, 30 Nov 1907, 829; 51, 20 Mar 1909, 177; 54, 22 Jun 1912, 379; 55, 19 Jul 1913, 475; 67, 2 May 1925, 325;  Freeman's Journal, 22 Aug 1908.

Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, QUAY, PROVINCIAL BANK
Date: 1907-1910
Nature: New bank & reconstruction of adjoining premises (Hearne's). Classical façade with rusticated ground storey and Ionic pilasters above. Contractor: George Nolan. Estimated cost, £6,446.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0011, 0869, B21/15, A08 (May 1907); RHA 1908, no. 310; IB 53, 7 Jan 1911, 24(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, FREDERICK STREET SOUTH, NO. 031 (RIAI PREMISES)
Date: 1908
Nature: B & H hon. architects for repairs &c
Refs: Jones

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, ULVERTON ROAD, HOUSE (DUNAMASE?)
Date: 1908
Nature: Residence being built for Mr Bailey. Contractor: Alex. Frazer, Dun Laoghaire.
Refs: IB 50, 22 Aug 1908, 523

Building: CO. CORK, KILCRENAGH (CARRIGROHANE)
Date: 1908-1909
Nature: Works at, for Ebenezer Pike, J.P. Estimated cost of John Sisk's tender, £1,092.
Refs: IAA, PKS A08 (Oct 1909) ; IB 50, 27 Jun 1908, 394

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BLOOMFIELD AVENUE (DONNYBROOK), ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES
Date: 1908;1909
Nature: New mortuary. Contractor: John Pemberton, Ranelagh Road. Tenders invited for making new road to mortuary and remaking portion of avenue, Sep 1908. 8 emergency fire escapes on male side of hospital, 1909 (Contractor: G. & T. Crampton).
Refs: IB 50, 27 Jun 1908, 406;  Freeman's Journal, 11 Sep 1908,12 Feb 1909.

Building: CO. CORK, CORK, PATRICK STREET, NO. 066 (PROVINCIAL BANK)
Date: 1909
Nature: Contractor: Samuel. Hill.
Refs: IAA, PKS B21/39 and A08 (Mar 1909)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES LARKIN ROAD (RAHENY), BETTYGLEN
Date: 1910
Nature: For George Jameson. Design claimed by Hicks in Who's Who in Architecture.
Refs: IB 52, 3 Sep 1910, 545,559; Building News 99, 16 Sep 1910, 395;  Who's Who in Architecture 1923, 123

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RATHMINES ROAD LOWER (& LEINSTER ROAD), CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Date: 1910-1912
Nature: New. Designed by Frederick Hicks, q.v., in 1905. Partnership of Batchelor & Hicks (1905-1922), responsible for erection of building between 1910 and 1913. Tenders invited, Sep 1911.  Estimated cost of library £7,500. Estimated cost of technical institute £12,000.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0005, 0006, B21/68, A09 (Sep 1911); design exh. By Frederick Batchelor at RHA 1915, no. 472; IB 47, 25 Mar,21 Oct 1905, 185,746; 53, 21 Jan,30 Sep,14 Oct 1911, 37,662,645,701; 54, 11 May,26 Oct 1912, 294(illus.),601; 55, 25 Oct 1913, 673(illus.); IA & C 1, 28 Jan 1911, 2; Building News 100, 3 Feb 1911, 169; 103, 1 Nov 1912, 610;  Irish Times, 25 Sep 1911.

Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, CATHEDRAL OF ST COLUMB (CI)
Date: 1910ca
Nature: Plans for chapter house prepared by T.Drew and carried out by B & H
Refs: IB 52, 10 Dec 1910, 755

Building: CO. WICKLOW, GREYSTONES, MOORLANDS
Date: 1910ca
Nature: Residence of George N. Jacob
Refs: IB 52, 10 Dec 1910, 745; ; 53, 4 Feb 1911, 76(illus.);  illus. in National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI&regno=16304099 (last visited Aug 2009).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BULL ALLEY, IVEAGH PLAY CENTRE
Date: 1911
Nature: Competition entrants. Hicks exhibits design at RHA 1912.
Refs: IB 53, 27 May 1911, 353; RHA 1912 (no. 313)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH AVENUE (RATHMINES), CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI)
Date: 1911
Nature: Renovation & plastering of interior
Refs: IB 53, 30 Sep 1911, 662

Building: CO. DUBLIN, SHANKILL, THE ORCHARDS
Date: 1911
Nature: New villa residence. Brick and cut stone. Cost 'very great'. Contractors: J. & W. Stewart, Dublin & Belfast.
Refs: IB 53, 15 Apr,9 Dec 1911, 245,821; IA & C 1, 22 Apr 1911, 173

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAME STREET, NO. 026
Date: 1911
Nature: Structural alterations; new shop front & improvements
Refs: IB 53, 1 Apr 1911, 209

Building: CO. DUBLIN, CARRICKMINES, HOUSE
Date: 1911
Nature: -
Refs: IB 76, 4 Feb 1911, 76(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAWSON STREET, ST ANN'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1911
Nature: Alterations (replacement of roof)
Refs: IB 53, 5 Aug 1911, 529;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 470.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANBY ROW (& DORSET STREET UPPER), DORSET PICTURE HALL (LATER PLAZA CINEMA)
Date: 1911
Nature: Conversion into cinema of former Bethesda Church (q.v.)on corner of Dorset St Upper. (Later became Waxworks Museum; Totally demolished, 2008, and hotel built on site.)
Refs: IB 53, 13 May 1911, 317

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOWTH, BARREN HILL, HOUSE
Date: 1911
Nature: Contractor: T. McMillen, Howth.
Refs: IB 53, 28 Oct 1911, 725

Building: CO. WICKLOW, BRAY, HOUSE
Date: 1911
Nature: New villa residence.
Refs: IB 53, 9 Dec 1911, 821

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 043-44 (MANFIELD)
Date: 1911-1912;1916
Nature: New premises; rebuilt 1916; designed by Hicks
Refs: IB 53, 13 May 1911, 325; 54, 6 Jan 1912, 25; 58, 24 Jun 1916, 287; 59, 17 Mar,29 Sep 1917, 125,493; 107, 27 Feb 1965, 155; IA & C 1, 11 Mar,20 May 1911, 88,229; Who's Who in Architecture  (1923), 123

Building: CO. WICKLOW, GREYSTONES, WHITSHED ROAD, NIRVANA
Date: 1911ca
Nature: Residence of Charles Matheson, KC.
Refs: IB 53, 4 Feb 1911, 80(illus. in supplement)

Building: CO. WICKLOW, GREYSTONES, PAVILION ROAD (BURNABY ESTATE), THE SHRUBBERIES
Date: 1911ca
Nature: For John Good
Refs: IB 53, 4 Feb 1911, 80(illus. in supplement)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EARLSFORT TERRACE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Date: 1912
Nature: AH and H.H. Hill winners of 2nd prize in competition.
Refs: IB 54, 9,23 Nov 1912, 628,660(illus. in supplement); 64, 14 Jan 1922, 9; Irish Architect and Building Trades Journal4, 7 Dec 1912, (illus. in supplement).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EARLSFORT TERRACE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Date: 1912
Nature: Competition entrants; design commended
Refs: IB 54, 7 Dec 1912, supplement(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, TOWNSEND STREET, NO. 044
Date: 1913
Nature: Rebuilding
Refs: IB 55, 27 Sep 1913, 623; 56, 14 Feb 1914, 104

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BALDOYLE, RACECOURSE
Date: 1913
Nature: Reinforced concrete grandstand
Refs: Building News 105, 25 Jul 1913, 108-111 (illus.)

Building: ENGLAND, DEVONPORT (DEVON), MUNICIPAL OFFICES
Date: 1913
Nature: Competition entrants
Refs: IB 55, 27 Sep 1913, 614(illus.),624

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MOUNT STREET CRESCENT, NO. 007-8 (MISS SHULEY'S NURSING HOME)
Date: 1914
Nature: Operating theatre at rear
Refs: IB 56, 11 Apr 1914, 230

Building: CO. KILKENNY, MOUNT JULIET
Date: 1914
Nature: Ballylinch cottages, grooms' houses (Paddock Cottages?), gate lodge at cross roads, for Lady McCalmont.
Refs: Legal papers, Fennessy v. McCalmont, re lawsuit concerning alleged diversion of water supply from neighbouring properties, in IAA, Acc.2009/21.

Building: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, COUNTY HALL (PROPOSED)
Date: 1915
Nature: B & H placed second in competition for hall and offices which 'will form practically an adjunct to the Courthouse'. Assessor: Prof. Scott.
Refs: IB 57, 24 Apr,17 Jul 1915, ?,317; 58, 8 Apr 1916, 165.  Irish Times, 16 Jul 1915.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EAST WALL ROAD (NEAR OR ON), CARETAKER'S RESIDENCE
Date: 1915
Nature: For Merchants' Warehousing Co.
Refs: IB 57, 30 Jan 1915, 57

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ALEXANDRA ROAD, GRAIN SILO (MERCHANTS' WAREHOUSING CO.)
Date: 1915-1920
Nature: Reinforced concrete grain silo for Merchants' Warehousing Co.; designed by Hicks. Contractor: J. & W. Stewart (Dublin & Belfast).
Refs:  IB 57, 24 Apr,6 Nov 1915, 184,190,486; 78, 11 Jul 1936, 596; Who's Who in Architecture (1923), 123; advertisement for J. & W. Stewart in JRIAI (1928);  Ulster Parliament Building (commemorative booklet issued by Stewart & Partners, Ltd, 1932), 33(illus.); JRIAI (1933), 18;  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009) , 8,9,10(illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JOHN STREET WEST, WAREHOUSE (GARRATT)
Date: 1916
Nature: Additions
Refs: IB 58, 10 Jun 1916, 259

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 033
Date: 1916-19
Nature: In destroyed area, 1916. New premises. For Lewers & Co.
Refs: Signed, undated design for shop front in IAA, T.J. Cullen Collection, Bin 43, Roll 36; IB 60, 12 Oct 1918, 394; 61, 3 May 1919, 220

Building: CO. KILDARE, CURRAGH CAMP, AMUSEMENT HALL & PICTURE THEATRE
Date: 1916-1917
Nature: -
Refs: IB 58, 22 Apr 1916, 187; 59, 6 Jan 1917, 6

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET MIDDLE, NO. 094-96 (BEWLEY)
Date: 1917;1920
Nature: Repairs to No. 97, 1917. Rebuilding of Nos. 94-96, with G.P. Beater.. Contr: H. & J. Martin. Estimated cost £17,964.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0978, 0979, A09 (Feb 1917, Jan 1920); IB 62, 17 Apr 1920, 269

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MOUNT STREET UPPER, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OFFICES (PROPOSED)
Date: 1918
Nature: Competition entrants. (2 designs). 'The elvations ofe...of monumental and expensive type, a fact which probably told against the higher placing of both designs.'
Refs: IB 60, 16 Feb 1918, 82-3.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BOTANIC ROAD (GLASNEVIN), NO. 033-75 (ALEX THOM & CO).
Date: 1918-1920
Nature: New factory covering nearly 2 acres of ground  with frontage of 200 ft and depth of nearly 300 ft..  Walls of main buildings in position by July 1920.  Contractor: G. & T. Crampton.
Refs: IB 60, 14 Dec 1918, 533; 62, 27 Mar 1920, 188;  Irish Times, 3 Jul 1920, 8 Mar 1923(illus.);  Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008), 60-61.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ORMOND QUAY LOWER, NO. 043
Date: 1918;1925
Nature: New shop & rebuilding, 1918.
Refs: IB 60, 2 Mar 1918, 120.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET MIDDLE, NO. 105 (PERFECT DAIRY MACHINES)
Date: 1919-1921
Nature: Rebuilding
Refs: IB 61, 22 Nov 1919, 533; 63, 13 Aug 1921, 550

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEMBROKE DISTRICT, HOUSES (002)
Date: 1920
Nature: Pair of semi-detached cottages for Pembroke Urban Council
Refs: IB 62, 31 Jul 1920, 502

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, NORTH WALL, HOUSING SCHEME
Date: 1920
Nature: 'Garden village' for St Barnabas Public Utility Society
Refs: IB 62, 3 Jan,17 Apr 1920, 273; 63, 2 Jul 1921, 445

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAME COURT, NO. 015-17, SELWEL HOUSE (HELY & GORDON STEWART)
Date: 1920-22
Nature: New 7-storey building (Hely's wholesale showroom & Gordon Stewart's sweet factory). Constructed of reinforced concrete on the Hennebique system. Completed early 1922. Contractor: J. & R. Thompson.
Refs: IB 62, 10 Apr 1920, 229; 63, 3 Dec 1921, 782;  Irish Times, 22 Mar 1923(illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST BARNABAS GARDENS (NORTH STRAND), HOUSES
Date: 1920-23?
Nature: Scheme of 10 houses of experimental designs 'selected by the women'. For St Barnabas Public Utility Society. Builder: J. & R. Thompson. (Part of scheme for 36 houses completed in Apr 1923 at cost of £34,000. with recreation ground and tennis courts, opened 8 Sep 1923?)
Refs: Irish Times, 19 Sep 1923; Ruth McManus, 'The "Building Parson" - the role of Reverend David Hall in the solution of Ireland's early twentieth-century housing problems', Irish Geography 32, Pt. II (1999), 91-92

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET UPPER, NO. 037 (PROVINCIAL BANK)
Date: 1921-1922
Nature: New bank on corner site at junction with Parnell Street Classical. Portland stone and Ballyknocken granite. Inerior walls lined with Pavanozzo marble. Contractor: G. & T. Crampton. Demolition of existing building on site begun, Mar 1921. opened, Aug 1922.
Refs: Irish Times, 24 Mar 1921, 30  Aug 1922;   IB 63, 9 Apr 1921, 234; 64, 9 Sep 1922, 618; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 215;   Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008), 52-53(illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, UTILITY ROW, HOUSES
Date: 1922-23
Nature: Scheme of 26 houses on site off West Road comprising Utility Row and Utility Gdns. Cost: £20,421. For St Barnabas Public Utility Society.
Refs: Ruth McManus, 'The "Building Parson" - the role of Reverend David Hall in the solution of Ireland's early twentieth-century housing problems', Irish Geography 32, Pt. II (1999), 92-93

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, UTILITY GARDENS, HOUSES
Date: 1922-23
Nature: Scheme of 26 houses on site off West Road comprising Utility Row and Utility Gdns. Cost: £20,421. For St Barnabas Public Utility Society
Refs: Ruth McManus, 'The "Building Parson" - the role of Reverend David Hall in the solution of Ireland's early twentieth-century housing problems', Irish Geography 32, Pt. II (1999), 92-93

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 043-44
Date: 1925
Nature: Rebuilding as shoe shop for Manfield & Sons.
Refs: Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 216, Pl. 8.