Architecture of Derry City

1533 – St. Columbs’s Cathedral, Derry

Described in ‘Tours in Ulster a hand-book to the antiquities and scenery of the north of Ireland’, published in 1854. –

1622 – Exchange or Market House, Derry

Originally erected by the London Corporation at a cost of over 500 pounds after a decision taken in 1616 that “a market house and a town house should be erected in Derry,

1692 – Exchange, Derry, Co. Derry

Architect: Captain Francis Neville

Built to replace the Exchange of 1622, which was largely destroyed during the Siege of Derry.

1789 – Bishop Gate, City Walls, Derry, Co. Derry

Architect: Henry Aaron Baker

The present Bishop Gate was built in 1789 as a triumphal arch to mark the first centenary of the closing of the gates by The Apprentice Boys of Derry.

1814 – Former Foyle College, Derry

Architect: John Bowden

Foyle College traces its origins to 1617 and the establishment of the Free Grammar School at Society Street within the city walls of Derry by Mathias Springham of the Merchant Taylors’

1817 – Court House, Derry

Architect: John Bowden

Classical courthouse with tetrastyle Ionic portico. Surmounted by statues of Justice & Peace on wings which are stated in Ordnance Survey memoir for Derry to be by ‘the late’

1824 – Derry Gaol, Co. Derry

The fourth gaol constructed in Derry, it opened in 1824, and closed in 1953, and was demolished bar one tower in the early 1970s.

1828 – Governor Walker’s Monument, Derry

Architect: John Henry

The former Walker’s Pillar was a memorial to Rev. George Walker, the rector of Donaghmore, Co.

1840 – Gywn’s Institution, Brooke Park, Derry

Architect: Samuel Jackman

John Gwyn was a local businessman, who was born near Muff in County Donegal in 1754.

1859 – Former Townhall, Derry

Architect: Thomas Turner / William J. Given

Former townhall sited in the centre of the Diamond – the site of the war memorial today.