1862 – Free Church, Kelvinside, Glasgow
Architect: Douglas & Stevenson
Opened in 1862, closed in the 1970s, it has now been converted and is functioning as the “Òran Mór”
1862 – Gateway, Knockdrin Castle, Co. Westmeath
Architect: John McCurdy
Castellated entrance on Mullingar side of Knockdrin demesne, for Sir Richard Levinge, Bt.
1862 – Immaculate Conception Church, Clondalkin, Co. Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
The site for the Church and adjoining Convent was donated by the Calbeck Family of Moyle Park,
1862 – International Exhibition, London
Architect: Captain Francis Fowke
Held in South Kensington, on a site now occupied by the Natural History Museum. The buildings,
1862 – International Hotel, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: E.W. O’Kelly
Constructed for the seaside resort of Bray with 130 bedrooms, making it a large hotel for its time.
1862 – Iveagh House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Iveagh House is now the Department of Foreign Affairs as it was donated to the Irish State by the Guinness family in 1939.
1862 – Lenaboy Castle, Galway
Architect: Samuel Ussher Roberts
House built for Captain O’Hara at a reported cost of £3,500 in the Dublin Builder.
1862 – Library, Holywood, Co. Down
Now converted into the town library, this fine building was constructed as the Sullivan National School in 1862. The clocktower and a large hall were added around 1877 in the same polychomatic brick.
1862 – Manchester and Salford Bank, Lancashire
From The Building News, September 19, 1862: The engraving on the opposite side represents the Manchester and Salford Bank which is just being erected.
1862 – Minor Model Schools, Lurgan, Co. Armagh
Architect: James H. Owen
Constructed with Coalisland brick and stone in an Italianate style complete with clock tower. The Model School was part of the national schools programme proposed in 1831 in which each county in Ireland would have at least one school that would serve as an example to other national schools in the area.
