Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WICKLOW, BRAY, EGLINTON ROAD & FLORENCE ROAD, CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Name: WILMOT, JOHN CHARLES
Building: CO. WICKLOW, BRAY, EGLINTON ROAD & FLORENCE ROAD, CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Date: 1908-11
Nature: New library on site given by Mr Picton Bradshaw for Bray UDC. Council requests architect to draw up plans, 6 Oct 1908. Contractor: Alex. Hull & Co (£1,867). Single storey with ashlar granite front. Foundations laid by Jan 1910. Tenders invited for installing heating, May 1910.
Refs: IB 49, 19 Oct,2 Nov 1907, 729,761; 50, 5,19 Sep 1908, 551,579; 51, 20 Feb,21 Aug,16 Oct 1909, 114,534,662; Wicklow Newsletter, 20 Jul,10 Aug 1907,1,6 Feb 1908,8 Jan1910;  Irish Times, 7 Oct 1908,26 <ay 1910;   Freeman's Journal, 8 Apr 1910;   Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 100-102(illus.).