1860 – Old Conna, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: Lanyon & Lynn
A fine Tudor mansion by Charles Lanyon of Lanyon an Lynn, in the late 1850s,
1860 – St. Joseph’s Church, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow
Architect: John Bourke
Designed by John Bourke around 1860, this is a fine gothic revival church with a symmetrical composition.
1860c – Methodist Church, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Five-bay gable-ended Gothic Methodist church, with the façade finished in uncoursed rubble stone with dressed stone to the openings.
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1860s – Loreto Convent, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: John Sterling Butler
A Georgian house that was “gothicised” and later added to by John Sterling Butler. The gothic dress was added c.1834 and a large twenty-two sided conservatory was also added.
1862 – International Hotel, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: E.W. O’Kelly
Constructed for the seaside resort of Bray with 130 bedrooms, making it a large hotel for its time.
1863 – The Royal Fitzwilliam Hotel, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
Rathdrum railway hotel was built by the Dublin & South Eastern Railway as The Royal Fitzwilliam Hotel and opened on 26 October 1863.
1863 – Vartry Bridge, Dargle, Co. Wicklow
In 1861 Parliament passed the Dublin Waterworks Act creating a project to dam the River Vartry in Roundwood to form the Vartry Reservoir.
1864 – Tinode House, Blessington, Co. Wicklow
Architect: William Caldbeck
Tinode House was burned to the ground in 1922 by the IRA, and has since been partially rebuilt.
1865 – Christ Church, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: William Slater
A large and elaborate Church of Ireland, unusually so, as their churches tended to be more understated.
1865 – Railway Station, Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow
Shillelagh railway station opened on 22 May 1865 at the end of a branchline from Woodenbridge via Aughrim and Tinahely. Constructed by the Dublin,
