Local history society celebrating Sir Edward Lovett Pearce
Edward Lovett Pearce (1699-1733) is regarded as Ireland’s foremost neo-Palladian architect. His best-known buildings include Parliament House in College Green, Dublin,
Edward Lovett Pearce (1699-1733) is regarded as Ireland’s foremost neo-Palladian architect. His best-known buildings include Parliament House in College Green, Dublin,
Built c.1695 as a two-storey block with wings for Colonel John Allen (later 1st Viscount Allen) in place of an original fortified manor house.
Jigginstown also known as Sigginstown House, or Strafford’s Folly was 380ft in length, making it one of the largest unfortified structures built in Ireland.
Around 1730, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce designed a replacement of Stillorgan House for the 2nd Viscount Allen.
Designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce for Dean Welbore Ellis. Although it looked like a single house,
Stillorgan Obelisk was built in 1727 at the instigation of Lord Allen, probably to provide local employment that year.
Originally the residence of the Church of Ireland archbishops, until they moved to Waterford. Designed by Edward Lovett Pearce for Archbishop Theophilus Bolton,
Summerhill House was a 100 roomed country house which was the ancestral seat of the Langford Rowley family.
Designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and was built in 1726 for Sir Marmaduke Coghill who had lived in nearby Belvedere House.
Castletown is the largest and grandest Palladian country house in Ireland. It was built for William Conolly (1662-1729),