Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN

Name: MURRAY, WILLIAM [1]
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1832-33
Nature: New house, for Robert Bermingham Clements, Viscount Clements, designed by William Murray.  'South elevation of a dwelling house to be erected for a nobleman in Co. Leitrim' exh. by Murray at RHA, 1832. Initial contractor: Anderson. Contractor for completion of house: 'Mr Catcheside'.
Refs: RHA 1832, no. 247;  A.P.W. Malcomson, The Clements Archive (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010), 386,406-13.

Name: DEANE, SON & WOODWARD
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1857-58
Nature: Gothic stable block. Contractor: Gilbert Cockburn & Sons. Contract signed 26 Jun 1857. First stone laid 17 Jul 1857. Horses put in stable for first time, 28 Jun 1858
Refs: Contract drawings in collection of Marcus Clements, Killadoon, Co. Kildare; diaries of 3rd Earl of Leitrim, 1857-8, in collection of Marcus Clements as above, Killadoon papers, S/2 (see A.P.W. Malcomson, The Clements Archive (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010), 218); Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (1997), 296,476-478(illus.).

Name: ROGERS, JAMES EDWARD [2]
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1857-58
Nature: Gothic stable block, designed by Deane & Woodward. JER 'probably acted as job architect' (O'Dwyer)
Refs: Contract drawings witnesssed by JER in collection of Marcus Clements, Kildoon, Co. Kildare; Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (1997), 478

Name: WILLIS, EDWARD
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1859
Nature: Makes plan of new garden.
Refs: Two drawings, one signed 'E. Willis' and dated 1 Oct 1859, in the collection of Marcus Clements, Kildoon, Co. Kildare

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1860
Nature: 'Called on Mr Wilkinson and got from him a plan for the drawbridge tower [the Red Bridge at Lough Rynn]' (Diary of 3rd Earl of Leitrim, 7 Nov 1860).
Refs: A.P.W. Malcomson, The Clements Archive (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010), 224.


Name: WILLIS, EDWARD
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1861
Nature: Makes plan of farmyard..
Refs: Two drawings, one signed 'E. Willis' and both dated 8 Sep 1861, in the collection of Marcus Clements, Kildoon, Co. Kildare

Name: BOUDLER, WILLIAM THOMAS *
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1865;1877
Nature: Designs cart shed, 1865, and east door to garden, 1877.
Refs: Signed drawing, dated 27 Jun 1865, in collection of Marcus Clements, Killadoon (No. 29); also 'Sketch of East Door to Garden...showing how metal panels are put into the woodwork', 20 Aug 1877 (no. 127).

Name: ROGERS, JAMES EDWARD [2]
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1867;1868
Nature: Designs garden gate and garden turret, 1867, for Earl of Leitrim. Also directed to prepare plans for new office, 1868.
Refs: Signed drawings, dated 1867, in the collection of Marcus Clements, Killadoon, Co. Kildare;  A.P.W. Malcomson, The Clements Archive (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010), 246,251.


Name: WYATT, MATTHEW DIGBY (SIR) #
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1868-1870
Nature: New estate offices.
Refs: Set of undated drawings in Clements collection, Killadoon House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare (see Lough Rynn Drawings Collection list in IAA); RA 1871, no. 878;  A.P.W. Malcomson, The Clements Archive (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010), 246,250.


Name: DREW, THOMAS (SIR)
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1885-90
Nature: New 'freely rendered' Tudor Gothic additions at south and east ends of house. Walling of local stone with Portland stone dressings. For Henry Theophilus Clements. Builder: George Moyers. . Oak fittings by Harry Hems, Exeter. Also new gate lodge, 1889-90. Builder: Irwin Bros. Amount of tender: £679.1s.5d..
Refs: IAA, PKS B12/37, B13/10, B14/23, B15/25 (missing), A07, pp.189,256-7,259 (May-Jun 1885-Feb 1889); drawing of ingle nook by R. Caulfield Orpen exh. RHA 1888, no. 451; IB 31, 15 Mar 1889, 74; 32, 15 Feb 1890, 44-45; J. Williams, A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921 (1994), 260(illus.)

Name: HEMS, HARRY *#
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1889ca
Nature: Oak fittings in downstairs rooms (of new wing?)
Refs: IB 32, 15 Feb 1890, 45

Name: DREW, THOMAS (SIR)
Building: CO. LEITRIM, LOUGH RYNN
Date: 1890
Nature: Gate lodge. Builder: Irwin, £729.
Refs: IAA, PKS B15/25 (missing), A07 (Jul 1890)