1847 – University College Cork
Architect: Thomas Deane
One of three colleges constructed in Belfast, Galway and Cork, the original buildings of UCC were nominally designed by Thomas Deane.
1849 – Royal Triumphal Archway, Anglesea Bridge, Cork
Decorative archway built to welcome Queen Victoria to Cork. Similar archways were built in Belfast and Dublin to mark this and subsequent Royal visits.
1849 – Shandon Butter Market, Cork
Architect: John Benson
Built close to St. Anne’s, the former butter market was once the centre of Cork trade.
1850 – St. Mary’s Priory, Cork
Architect: William Atkins
Sited alongside the classical St. Mary’s catholic church, the priory by William Atkins is a mixture of classical and victorian institutional gothic.
1851 – Design for St. Mary’s (North) Cathedral, Cork
Architect: Sir John Benson
A design for reconstruction comprising a new tower, lengthening of the nave, the insertion of stone mullioned windows and an arch on which a steeple was to rest.
1851 – St. Maries of the Isle Mercy Convent, Sharman Crawford St., Cork
Architect: William Atkins
Published in The Building News, December 7 1850. Constructed in red sandstone with limestone dressings. The proposed spire was never completed.
1852 – Cork & Bandon Railway Station, Albert Quay, Cork
Architect: Joshua Hargrave
Railway terminus on Albert Quay for the Cork & Bandon Railway. The railway company changed its name to Cork,
1852 – National Exhibition, Cork
Architect: Sir John Benson
The National Exhibition was housed in a cruciform building, with four ‘transepts’, specially designed and erected at the Corn Exchange on Albert Quay,
1855 – Cork Opera House (The Athenaeum), Cork
Architect: Sir John Benson / C.J. Phipps
The building, originally called ‘The Athenaeum’, was finished by early 1855. It hosted its first performance on 29 January 1855,
1855 – National Irish Bank, 71 South Mall, Cork
Architect: William Caldbeck
Good quality bank branch on South Mall. Much closer in size to bank branches in Irish country towns rather than other banks along the mall.
