Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRE

Name: BYRNE, PATRICK
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRE
Date: 1858
Nature: Remodelling & enlargement (for John Charles Joseph?)
Refs: B 16, 30 Jan 1858, 73

Name: STIRLING, WILLIAM
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRE
Date: 1893
Nature: Alts. & imps. including construction of new proscenium wall, new seating &c. For Ellis Jones.  Re-opened 31 Jul 1893. Contractor: M. Kiernan, Talbot St. Clerk of works: Carr. Estimated cost about £2,000.
Refs: IB 35, 15 Apr, 1 Aug 1893, 97,171;  Irish Times, 20 Nov, 1 Dec 1894;  Freeman's Journal, 12 Aug 1908.

Name: STIRLING, ROBERT JOHN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRE
Date: 1909
Nature: Reconstruction and enlargement for lessee, Frederick Wentworth Marriott Watson (building leased from Trinity College, Dublin). Reopened 27 Sep 1909. Contractor: J. & P. Good. Plasterwork: John Ryan (designed by A. Scott like that in Father Mathew Memorial Hall?). Figures & emblems : Frederick McGowan.  Ornamental ironwork by J. & C. McGloughlin Ltd.(Theatre was part of Trinity College estate)
Refs: Irish Times, 6 Aug 1908;  Freeman's Journal, 6 Aug 1908,27 Sep 1909; IB 51, 23 Jan,20 Mar,15,29 May,2 Oct 1909, 49,161,292,326-8(illus.),627; 59, 9 Jun 1917, 293; Building News 108, 28 May 1915, 626-7.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, QUEEN'S ROYAL THEATRE
Date: 1927
Nature: Plans for 'reconstruction of cinema enclosure' approved by City Architect, Mar 1927.
Refs: Irish Times, 24 Mar 1927.