1849

1849 – Church of the Immaculate Conception, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny

Architect: William Deane Butler

The foundation stone for the present church was laid on the 16th August 1844 by Father Joseph Butler P.P.

1849 – Former Treasury Building, Macquarie St., Sydney, Australia

Architect: Mortimer Lewis & Walter L. Vernon

Now subsumed into a large modern hotel complex l, this former government office was built in two stages,

1849 – Indian Gate, Dromana Estate, Villierstown, Co. Waterford

Architect: Martin Day

The “Hindu-gothic” Indian gate designed by a local architect Martin Day. The design is a strange combination of Gothic and Oriental styles and is the only Irish example of the Brighton Pavilion style of architecture.

1849 – Lanyon Building, Queen’s University Belfast

Architect: Sir Charles Lanyon

Sir Charles Lanyon designed the main building of Queen’s University of Belfast in 1849 which now bears his name.

1849 – Mayfield House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford

Architect: William Tinsley / John Skipton Mulvany

Detached seven-bay three-storey over basement Italianate house incorporating fabric of earlier house constructed for the Malcomson family,

1849 – Monard Railway Viaduct, Co. Cork

Architect: William Dargan

Seven-arch limestone built viaduct, opened 1849, carrying Cork-Dublin railroad over Blarney River. Rock-faced rusticated piers, walls,

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 – Royal Triumphal Archway, Baggot Street, Dublin

Royal triumphal archway constructed at Baggot Street bridge over the Grand Canal, for the occasion of Queen Victoria’s visit to Dublin in 1849.

1849 – Royal Triumphal Archway, High St., Belfast

Thirty-two foot tall triumphal archway constructed for the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Belfast in 1849. Supposedly the words Cead Mile Failte were inscribed on the reverse side to that illustrated,

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.