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ROBINSON, JOHN [3]
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John Robinson appears to have been the architect who remodelled Rockhill House, Co. Donegal, for John Vandeleur Stewart, signing the contract with the Belfast builders McLaughlin & Harvey in 1853.(1) He has not been further identified.(2)
References
(1) Contract in NA, OPW drawings collection, old ref. Northern Ireland properties shelves; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 346.
(2) There may possibly be more information about him in Declan O'Carroll, Rockhill House, Letterkenny, co. Donegal: a history (Ballyshannon: Donegal Democrat (1984) (not seen).
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Building: | CO. DONEGAL, ROCKHILL HOUSE |
Date: | 1853 |
Nature: | Remodelling, consisting of addition of new 5-bay, 2-storey front, 2 bays deep, connecting to earlier structure. Doric front porch. For John Vandeleur Stewart. Contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey. |
Refs: | 3 contract plans, s. by John Stewart, John Robinson, Henry McLaughlin and William Harvey, in NA, OPW drawings collection, old ref. no. G.7.8 (Northern Properties Shelves); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 346 |