Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

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)



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(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