Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE

Name: FORSYTH, WILLIAM [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: 1795
Nature: WF clerk of works for initial stages of enlargement of house to designs by R.W.F. Brettingham for 2nd Marquess of Downshire.
Refs: Letter from William Forsyth to the 2nd Marquess of Downshire, Hillsborough, 19 May 1795, in PRONI, DOD 607/542, published by E.R.R. Green & F.M. Jope, 'Patron and architect: an example of relations in the late 18th century', Ulster Journal of Archaeology 24-25 (1961-2), 147

Name: BRETTINGHAM, ROBERT WILLIAM FURZE #
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: 1795ca-1797
Nature: Enlargement for 2nd Marquess of Downshire.
Refs: Drawings in Downshire MSS, PRONI D.671/P8/22(1)-28(6), see also letter from - Lane to Lord Downshire, 31 Aug 1795, D607/C/129; RA 1797, no.1153; plans and elevations (not necessarily in Brettingham's hand) in Henry, Mullins & McMahon album in ICEI (photographs in IAA); E.R.R. Green & E.M. Jope, 'Patron and Architect: an example of relations in the late 18th century', Ulster Journal of Archaeology24-25 (1961-2), 145-151; Hillsborough Castle, (UAHS, 1993), 40,46

Name: DUFF, THOMAS J. [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: 1828-29
Nature: Improvements, for 3rd Marquess of Downshire.
Refs: Letters from Duff to Lord Downshire's agent, 23 May 1828 and 9 Jul 1829, in PRONI D671/C/11/1-26; C.E.B. Brett, Mid Down (UAHS, 1974), 14 (no.6); Hillsborough Castle (UAHS, 1993), 44.

Name: DUFF, THOMAS J. [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: 1844
Nature: TD makes plan of same, for 3rd Marquess of Downshire.
Refs: PRONI D671/P8/15A (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); letters from Duff to Lord Downshire's agent, 23 May 1828 and 9 Jul 1829, in PRONI D671/C/11/1-26 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); C.E.B. Brett, Mid Down (UAHS, 1974), 14 (no.6); Hillsborough Castle (UAHS, 1993), 44.

Name: SANDS, JAMES #
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: 1844
Nature: Plan of house for 3rd Marquess of Downshire.
Refs: Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008) , 901, citing Downshire MSS. in PRONI, D671/P8/15A.

Name: LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: 1865
Nature: Large temporary building for Arthur, 4th Marquess of Downshire, serving purpose of ballroom & theatre erected to W of castle for celebrations attending coming of age of Arthur, Lord Hillsborough (1844-1874). Builder: John Lowry, Belfast.
Refs: IB 8, 15 Jan 1866, 28

Name: SMITH, ROLAND INGLEBY
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: 1936
Nature: Reconstruction. Contractor: Henry Laverty & Sons, Cambridge St, Belfast.
Refs: IB 78, 8 Feb 1936, 117

Name: HENRY, DAVID
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH CASTLE
Date: ?
Nature: Did DH work here?
Refs: Elevation & plans, inscribed roughly in pencil 'Hilsborough House' in Henry, Mullins & McMahon album, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland, but the design appears to bear no relation to the house as it is at present.