1773 – Abbeyleix House, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
Architect: James Wyatt
A seven-bay, three-storey over basement with dormer attic Classical-style country house,
A seven-bay, three-storey over basement with dormer attic Classical-style country house,
Thomas Ivory’s design for the Blue Coat School,
Acknowledged as the most important neo-classical building in Ireland,
The house was built by Colonel Mervyn Archdale in 1773 on the shores of Lower Lough Erne,
House originally designed by the owner Michael Frederick Trench in the 18th Century with the help of his friend,
The Hibernian Marine School was founded in 1766 and the primary aim of the school was free education for the sons of seafarers that lost their lives or suffered disabilities at sea.
Between 1773 and 1781, a new prison designed by Thomas Cooley was built to replace the earlier,
One of Dublin’s great unfinished buildings,