Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.

Name: BECKETT, GEORGE FRANCIS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1907?;1910
Nature: Adds. and new recreation hall being carried out, 1907?. Contractor: James Beckett.  Water tower, 1910.
Refs: Drawings for water tower, 1910, in IAA, Beckett & Harrington Collection, Acc. no. 2004/93.24;  IB 49, 16 Nov 1907, 797.

Name: BECKETT, GEORGE FRANCIS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1912
Nature: 3-storey offices in progress.  Being built on site of Nos. 1-4 Peter's Row.  Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 54, 26 Oct 1912, 611

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1926; 1929-1930
Nature: Alts., 1926;  extension, 1929-30.
Refs: IB 68, 16 Oct 1926, 790; 71, 2 Mar 1929, 192;  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009),22,23(ILLUS.).

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1949
Nature: Boiler house
Refs: IB 91, 2 Apr 1949, 302

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1950
Nature: 'thrust out WCs' on Bride St & Aungier St.
Refs: IB 92, 22 Jul 1950, 774

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1950
Nature: New factory.
Refs: IB 92, 19 Aug 1950, 890

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1950
Nature: 10,000 gallon water tank on roof
Refs: IB 92, 1 Apr 1950, 328

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1950
Nature: Left extension
Refs: IB 92, 2 Sep 1950, 938

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1951
Nature: Extension at rear
Refs: IB 93, 1 Sep 1951, 910

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1951
Nature: Alts & adds to compressor house
Refs: IB 93, 7 Jul 1951, 718

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1953
Nature: Boiler house on Bride St.
Refs: IB 95, 1 Aug 1953, 811

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1953
Nature: Extension; canteen; overbridge
Refs: IB 95, 4 Jul,19 Dec 1953, 702,1325

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1955
Nature: Biscuit room extension on Bride St.
Refs: IB 97, 12 Feb, 2 Jul 1955, 153, 691

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1958-1959;1962
Nature: Renovations & conversion of portion of exiting premises into new offices; add. stores & alts
Refs: IAA, PKS 0335; IB 100, 9 Aug 1958, 577; 101, 2 May 1959, 313; 104, 24 Nov 1962, 893

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1964
Nature: Personnel block
Refs: IAA, PKS 0280; IB 106, 29 Aug 1964, 659

Name: BECKETT & HARRINGTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1965
Nature: Extension to George building, construction of stock and dispatch building &c.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0378, 0441, 0482, 0507