Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB)
Name: | DEANE, SON & WOODWARD |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1859-1861 |
Nature: | New Venetian Gothic premises. Begun Feb 1859; built to 1st floor level by Nov 1849; opened Nov 1861. Contractor: Cockburn. Cost over £25,000. (Building divided, 1954ca; stairhall destroyed, 1971.) |
Refs: |
IAA, PKS A03 (Sep 1861, p.41v); DB 1, 1 Mar,1 Nov 1859, 33,34,144; 2, 1 Jul 1860, 292,294(illus.); 3, 15 Aug,1 Dec 1861, 600,692; B 17, 16 Apr,12 Nov 1859, 272,750; 18, 19 May 1860, 311; 19, 31 Aug 1861, 599; Building News 6, 20 January 1860, 44,49(illus.); Eve Blau, Ruskinian Gothic (1982), 122,125,126-32,136,191n,pls.126-137; Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (Cork University Press, 1997), 329-340(illus.); Paul Caffrey, Kildare Street & University Club: Catalogue of the the collection (2003), 16-17(illus.); Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 488-490,Pls.70,71.. |
Name: | HARRISON, CHARLES WILLIAM * |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1859-61 |
Nature: | CWH possibly worked on carving. Caffrey states that he did carvings of snakes, snails and butterfiles on staircase. |
Refs: |
Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (1997), 336-7; see also letter from Walter Mahon-Smith, 'Angels and Monkeys', Irish Times, 10 May 1967; P. Harbison, 'The Kildare Street Club Monkeys', Irish Times, 22 Jul 1976, and F. O'Dwyer's response in Irish Times, 28 Jul 1976; Paul Caffrey, Kildare Street & University Club: Catalogue of the the collection (2003), 76; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 489. |
Name: | COCKBURN, GILBERT [1] * |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1859-61 |
Nature: | GC contractor |
Refs: | IAA, PKS A03 (Sep, Oct 1861, p.41v); DB 4, 15 Feb 1862, 43 |
Name: | PURDY & OUTHWAITE * |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1861 |
Nature: | External and internal carving executed by 'Mr Purdy'. |
Refs: |
DB 3, 1 Dec 1861, 692; Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (1997), 338; see also P. Harbison, 'The Kildare Street Club Monkeys', Irish Times, 22 Jul 1976, and F. O'Dwyer's response in Irish Times, 28 Jul 1976; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 489. |
Name: | O'SHEA, JAMES & JOHN * |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1861a |
Nature: | 'The identity of the carvers [of the external mullions] has been the subject of much discussion, and it seems that the O'Shea brothers worked here together with C.W. Harrison and Charles William Purdy' (Casey) |
Refs: |
Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 489. |
Name: | MILLAR & SYMES |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1897-98 |
Nature: | Works at. |
Refs: | Diary of R.C. Millar (entries for 8 Jul 1897,21 Mar,11 Aug 1898) in collection of Mrs D. Millar, 1976 |
Name: | BRADBURY, EDWIN |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1909 |
Nature: | Squash and raquet court. |
Refs: | IB 51, 2 Oct 1909, 629 |
Name: | MITCHELL, W. M., & SONS |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | 1929-34;1954 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | Drawings, &c., in IAA, McCurdy & Mitchell collection, 79/17, Bin V, Rolls 2a, 2b; IB 96, 9 Oct 1954, 993 |
Name: | HILL, OLIVER FRANCIS # |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 001 (KILDARE STREET CLUB) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Proposed new indoor swimming pool. |
Refs: |
Drawings in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection, PA494/10(1-2), see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/bgSfNBKF7r/MAIN_CAT/274450013/9 (last visited Apr 2009) |