Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERRION SQUARE, GARDENS

Name: SIMPSON, BENJAMIN [2]*
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERRION SQUARE, GARDENS
Date: 1792
Nature: BS wins competition for designing same from among 60 competitors. Also responsible for all planting and ground work. 'He owes his success in a good degree to the assistance of that very ingenious artist, Mr James Barralet'.
Refs: Dublin Chronicle, 11 Jun 1791