Bray
Co. Wicklow
convents
J.S. Butler
Loreto Convent
Random Building
1819 – Shelton Abbey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
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. The house was sold to the order around 1850. Butler was responsible for the chapel and the institutional buildings. Later additions and alterations by T.J. Cullen, in the late 1920s, early 1930s.
Published March 14, 2013 | Last Updated March 27, 2016