Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CARLOW, DUCKETT'S GROVE

Name: COBDEN, THOMAS ALFRED
Building: CO. CARLOW, DUCKETT'S GROVE
Date: 1818
Nature: Work on same from 1818 onwards, for John Dawson Duckett..  Perspective view exh. at RHA 1830.
Refs: RHA 1830, no. 254; P.J. Brophy 'Braganza - its architect and first owner' in Carloviana Vol. 1, no. 3 (Jan 1949), 123;  Thomas McDonnell, 'Thomas A. Cobden, 1794-1842:  an architect in Co. Carlow', Carlow History and Society (Dublin, 2008), 630-631(illus.).

Name: DERICK, JOHN MACDUFF
Building: CO. CARLOW, DUCKETT'S GROVE
Date: 1853-55
Nature: Castellated entrance gate covering extent of 240 feet, for John Dawson Duckett. Builders: Kelly & Kinsella.
Refs: B 13, 1 Dec 1855, 584; J. Williams, Companion guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921 (1994), 38

Name: MILLAR & SYMES
Building: CO. CARLOW, DUCKETT'S GROVE
Date: 1901;1908?
Nature: 'fresh work' started Mar 1901, for William Duckett.; entry in R.C. Millar's diary for 10 Feb 1908 ('Jack at Duckett's Grove') could mean further work at this date.
Refs: Diary of R.C. Millar (entries for 12 Mar,2 Oct 1901) in collection of Mrs D. Millar, 1976