1952 – International Harvester, Santry, Co. Dublin

Also known as “Harvester’s Corner”, the building was constructed in the early 1950s, by J.H. Saville & Co. to accommodate the display and sale of farming machinery manufactured by International Harvester Ltd.

Described in the IH inhouse magazine – “Santry is a tiny little village similar to hundreds dotted over the emerald, green landscape of Eire. On May 2 of this year, it had the busiest and most exciting day of its long rural existence when Harvester Corner, the “prototype” base of operations of J.H. Saville & Co., had its official opening…. Large crowds saw the ceremony and afterward inspected the assembly plant, workshops, salesrooms and service facilities of Eire’s most efficient industrial plant. The plant is the first unit on a 12-acre site which in time will become a focal point of mechanized farming in Eire.”

The architect of the building was initially T.J. Cullen and later, his death in 1947, Nolan & Quinlan. The three major functions of the plant – office, showrooms and factory – are each externally defined by different forms and construction, with a single tall vertical element. There is also a free-standing entrance canopy.

In use as a builder’s providers for many years, it is now scheduled for demolition, and to be replaced by a large residential development.