Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WICKLOW, HUMEWOOD

Name: WHITE, WILLIAM [2]#
Building: CO. WICKLOW, HUMEWOOD
Date: 1867-1870
Nature: New castellated Gothic house and stables built in granite. Builder: Albert Kimberley, Banbury. Subject of a protracted lawsuit in which Kimberley sued Dick and WW for £10,000.
Refs: Album of handcoloured lithograph plans, sections, elevations, s. & d. May 1867, in IAA, Acc. 92/47; B 25, 4 May 1867, 320; 26, 8 Aug 1868, 587(illus.); 29, 17 Jun 1871, 471,480; William. White, 'A descriptive sketch of the new house at Humewood, Co. Wicklow', RIBAJ 19 (1868-69), 78-88; Mark Girouard, 'Humewood Castle, Co. Wicklow', Country Life 9,16 May 1968, 1212-1215, 1282-1285(illus.); David J. Griffin & Simon Lincoln, Drawings from the Irish Architectural Archive (1993), 60-61(illus.).

Name: BROOKS, JAMES #
Building: CO. WICKLOW, HUMEWOOD
Date: 1873-1877
Nature: Additions, consisting of additional storey on N wing and circular tower at end of stable block.
Refs: Front and rear elevations of proposed alterations in IAA, Acc. 2012/004;  M. Girouard, The Victorian Country House, 262 .

Name: GRISPINI, - *#
Building: CO. WICKLOW, HUMEWOOD
Date: ?
Nature: Decorative painting on drawing-room (and corridor?) ceiling.
Refs: John McEvoy, ed., The Churches of Kildare and Leighlin 2000 AD (Strasbourg: Editions du Signe, 2000), 33;  William Montgomery, Fine Art and Property Consultant: Humewood Castle, Co. Wicklow http://william-montgomery.com/properties/humewood.htm (last visited Jun 2009).