Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)

Name: OWEN, CHARLES ASTLEY
Building: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)
Date: 1897
Nature: Winner of competition, 1897. Mssrs. Owen and Fuller send in claim for £1,963 for professional fees, 1900.
Refs: Building News 71, 25 Dec 1896, 912; Architect 58, 24 Dec 1897, 401; IB 42, 15 Apr 1900, 334

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)
Date: 1897ca
Nature: Design placed 2nd in limited competition
Refs: Printed plans (of Byrnes' design?) formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne, not transferred to IAA; information from Frederick O'Dwyer; Building News 71, 25 Dec 1896, 912; Architect 58, 24 Dec 1897, 401

Name: FULLER, JAMES FRANKLIN
Building: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)
Date: 1900a
Nature: 'Messrs. Owen and Fuller', send in claim for £1,963 for professional fees, 1900.
Refs: IB 42, 15 Apr 1900, 334

Name: ROBINSON, MATTHEW ALEXANDER
Building: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)
Date: 1902-1905
Nature: New block of buildings 'which forms a most interesting architectural feature of a delightful landscape'. 1st sod cut, 1 Jun 1903. Completed by May 1905. Contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey, Belfast.
Refs: IB 44, 2 Jul,23 Oct,6,20 Nov,4 Dec 1902, 422,1446,1470,1490,1506; 45, 12 Mar 1903, 1632; 46, 16 Jan,12 Mar,2 Jul,13 Aug,10,24 Sep,19 Nov,31 Dec 1904, 22,158,422,526,586,624,786,886; 47, 20 May 1905, 350; 53rd Report on District, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums (1905), 583

Name: ROBINSON, MATTHEW ALEXANDER
Building: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)
Date: 1904;1906;1908
Nature: 4 attendants' houses, 1904 (Contractor: Crooks & Ferguson, Derry, £1168.12s); heating, 1906; alts. & imps., weighbridge, 1908
Refs: IB 46, 16 Jan,12 Mar,2 Jul,13 Aug,19 Nov,31 Dec 1904, 22,158,422,526,786,886; 48, 13 Jan,22 Sep 1906, 34,782; 50, 11 Jan,5 Sep 1908, ?, 552

Name: ROBINSON & DAVIDSON
Building: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)
Date: 1914
Nature: Attendant's house.
Refs: IB 56, 12 Sep 1914, 538

Name: ROBINSON & DAVIDSON
Building: CO. DERRY, GRANSHA, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM (NEW)
Date: 1923;1933
Nature: 6 attendants' houses, 1923; house on hospital farm, 1933..
Refs: IB 65, 24 Feb,5 May 18923, 137,342; 75, 23 Sep 1933, 820