Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM

Name: JOHNSTON, FRANCIS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1810-14;1816
Nature: New lunatic asylum; additions, 1815-16.
Refs: Drawings for separating central courtyard, 1814, and additions, 1815-17, in IAA, Murray Collection, nos. 411-419 (see Murray Collection catalogue, pp. 150-153); 'A letter from Francis Johnston', BIGS 6 (no. 1), Jan-Mar 1963, 3;  for entire complex see Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),28-9.

Name: STEWART, RICHARD *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1812
Nature: Carved coat of arms of 4th Duke of Richmond over main entrance.
Refs: Signature on coat of arms;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),258.

Name: MURRAY & DENNY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1849
Nature: Tudor revival chapel and infirmary.
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Murray Collection, 92/46, nos. 436-449 (see Bernadette Goslin, 'A History and descriptive catalogue of the Murray Collection of architectural drawings' (MA thesis, University College, Dublin, 1990), 159-161); (design exh. RHA 1851, no. 310, by Murray, Son, & Denny, and in 1861, no. 557, by W.G. Murray); DB 3, 15 May 1861, 507; Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (Cork University Press, 1997), 91-2,95,96;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 259,260.

Name: OWEN, JACOB
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1851
Nature: New asylum in connection with present one; tenders invited.
Refs: B 9, 19 Apr 1851, 254;  for entire complex see Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 256-60.

Name: MURRAY & DENNY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1854
Nature: Laundry.
Refs: Drawing, dated Jun 1854 and inscr. 'Not carried out altered', in IAA, Murray Collection, 92/46, no. 423 (see Bernadette Goslin, 'A History and descriptive catalogue of the Murray Collection of architectural drawings' (MA thesis, University College, Dublin, 1990), 152)

Name: HODSON, GEORGE FREDERICK JOHN (SIR)
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1855
Nature: Design for entrance lodge.
Refs: Plans and elevation, initialled and dated Nov 1855, in IAA, Hollybrooke Drawings Collection, Acc. 87/55.29/1

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1860
Nature: New protestant chapel being built.
Refs: B 2, 1 Nov 1860, 363;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 259.

Name: KAYE-PARRY, WILLIAM
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1887-89
Nature: Sanitary annexe, 1887 (tenders invited, Oct 1887); female wing, 1888; new baths, lavatories &c., 1889. Also main drainage.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0598, B13/42, B14/15, A07 (Oct 1887, Jul 1888, p.303-4,306);  Irish Times, 20 Oct 1887;   IB 31, 1 Apr,15 Jul 1889, 96,191; Candidate's circular, 6 Nov 1893, submitted to Inst. CE (information from Miss Carol Arrowsmsith, Inst.CE archives)

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1894a
Nature: JLR was preparing plans for large extension at time of his death.
Refs: Undated designs for new wings to rear of square formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son; obituary in Building News 67, 19 Oct 1894, 554

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1895-96;1898-99;1901
Nature: Medical superintendent's house, 1895; stables,1897;  laundry; RC chapel sacristy; hospital, kitchens, &c.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0786, B18/17, B19/01, B20/28, A07 (Feb 1898); NA, OPW drawings collection; IB 37, 15 Mar,1 Sep 1895, 80,215; 38, 1 Apr 1896, 77; 40, 15 Aug 1898, 125; Irish Times, 4 Mar 1898, 18 Feb 1899, 3 Mar 1899.

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1903
Nature: Plumbing work at Female House
Refs: IB 44, 10 Sep 1903, 1984

Name: MORRIS, D.J.
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1908
Nature: Alterations to boiler house at female asylum and sundry works at asylum generally.
Refs: Irish Times, 21 Dec 1908.

Name: MOORE, GEORGE TIGHE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1908-09
Nature: Additions, including separate 2-storey infirmary for female epileptics and male infirmary attached by a corridor  to W end of existing buildings. GTM completes sketch plans, Aug 1908. New female wing, begun, Oct 1909. Contractors: G. & T. Crampton and T. Mackey.
Refs: IB 50, 25 Jul,28 Nov 1908, 449,737; 51, 6 Feb,12 Jun,7 Aug 1909, 81,374,501;  Irish Times, 21 Aug,3 Oct 1908;   Freeman's Journal, 21 Aug, 18 Sep,26 Dec 1908,22,29 May,8 Oct 1909;  B 96, 29 May 1909, 658 (advt. for tenders);  Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008), 25,27(illus.)

Name: MOORE, GEORGE TIGHE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRANGEGORMAN, RICHMOND LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1912
Nature: New bakery. Contractor: Benjamin Pemberton, Serpentine Ave, Ballsbridge. Plumbing by C. Sherlock, Dorset St.
Refs: IB 54, 17 Feb,2,30 Mar 1912, 110,142,199