Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE

Name: JOHNSTON, RICHARD [1]
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1793-1796
Nature: Payments to 'Mr Johnson' for work at same 'would seem to indicate that the noted Irish architect Richard Johnson was responsible for the original designs', embodying ideas of his client the 2nd Earl of Aldborough.
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (Irish Georgian Society, 2001), 112,135;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 171.


Name: BAKER, THOMAS [1]*
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1793-96
Nature: TB carries out stonecutting work on same ('Great Stair', part of external cornice, setting of balusters) for 2nd Earl of Aldborough.
Refs: Verner-Wingfield Papers, PRONI, D.2538/F/13;  Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (Irish Georgian Society, 2001), 121-2.

Name: HENDRICKS, JAMES *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1793-96
Nature: JH carries out bricklaying work on same for 2nd Earl of Aldborough.
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (Irish Georgian Society, 2001), 113.

Name: DENNELL, THOMAS *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1795
Nature: TD clerk of works for same.
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (Irish Georgian Society, 2001),112-3.

Name: COGAN, MATTHEW *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1796
Nature: Plasterwork (cornices) in Lady Aldborough's room, 2 dressing rooms, 2 powdering rooms; bow room ceiling &c. Proposal for principal stair.
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (Irish Georgian Society, 2001), 114-118,120,138n28;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 171.

Name: ZAFFORINI, FILIPPO *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1798
Nature: Decoration of stairhall, library ceiling and panels, ceiling and cornice of  ballroom.  With John Meares.
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (2001), 124-130.

Name: BOSSI, PETER (PIETRO) *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1896ca
Nature: Estimate for plasterwork.  Chimneypieces?
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (Irish Georgian Society, 2001), 120,140.

Name: COCHRANE, ROBERT
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1897
Nature: General restoration. New workshop and packing room. Contractor: W. Foley & Sons.
Refs: IAA, PKS 1230

Name: MURPHY, DANIEL [2]*
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1897-98
Nature: A Daniel Murphy employed as supervising architect and measurer, 1797-98.
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (Irish Georgian Society, 2001), 121-2.

Name: MEARES, JOHN *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ALDBOROUGH HOUSE
Date: 1897-98
Nature: Decorative painting for 2nd Earl of Aldborough, with Filippo Zafforini and - Cumming.
Refs: Aidan O'Boyle, 'Aldborough House, Dublin:  a construction history', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 4 (2001), 124-130.