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1852 – St. Conleth’s Church, Newbridge, Co. Kildare

Designed in early Norman Gothic style, architect unknown, for Rev. Timothy Kavanagh, PP. The foundation stone was laid 1847 by Rt.

1858 – George Gilbert’s Scott’s design for Foreign Office, London

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office building originally provided premises for four separate government departments: the Foreign Office,

1859 – Adam Clarke Memorial Obelisk, Portrush, Co. Antrim

Architect: William Barre

A45 foot tall obelisk to a leading member of early Methodism, Adam Clarke whio was born in County Derry.

1859 – All Saint’s Church, Collingwood, Ontario

Architect: T.C. Sorby

“The accompanying engraving represents a church recently erected in Canada, on the banks of Lake Huron,

1859 – All Souls Church, Haley Hill, Halifax, Yorkshire

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

All Souls was commissioned and paid for by the local industrialist Edward Akroyd in 1856,

1859 – Ardsollus and Quin railway station, Co. Clare

Ardsollus and Quin railway station was a station on the railway from Limerick to Ennis and served the village of Quin.

1859 – Blessed Lady of the Rosary Church, Lanesborough, Co. Longford

A former Church of Ireland building, converted for use as the local Roman Catholic church in 1915. The change of congregation and various rebuilds over the years have given it a curious appearance.

1859 – Boland Memorial Chapel, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

Architect: Charles Geoghegan

A small Gothic fantasy chapel designed by Charles Geoghegan for the Boland family. Wonderful how the transepts merge into the chevet with a tapering tower and spire for a very dynamic Gothic building.

1859 – Chapel, Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, London

Architect: George Gilbert Scott

St Barnabas Church was originally designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and was built between 1857 and 1859 as the Naval Dockyard Church at Woolwich Dockyard.

1859 – Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, Montreal, Quebec

Architect: Frank W. Wills

The present Cathedral was completed in 1859, after fire destroyed the previous church on this site.