1868

1868 – Gaiety Theatre, The Strand, London

Deesigned by the theatre architect C.J. Phipps, who also designed the 1871 Gaiety Theatre in Dublin,

1868 – Interior Court, India Office, London

Matthew Digby Wyatt was am Anglo-Irish architect (brother of Thomas Henry Wyatt) and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition.

1868 – St Matthias Church of Ireland, Loup, Co. Derry

Architect: Welland & Gillespie

The ecclesiastical district of Ballyeglish began in 1866, on land donated by the Salters Company.

1868 – Angel Hotel, Nos.11-12 Inns Quay, Dublin

Architect: Timothy Hevey

Described in The Irish Builder, January 1 1869: “With this number we give as an illustration some sketches of a new billiard-room and other additions to the Angel Hotel,

1868 – Ardragh Church of Ireland, Co. Monaghan

Architect: Slater & Carpenter

1868 – Bessmount, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan

Architect: William Barre

Originally a relatively conventional Georgian residence, Bessmount was redesigned by William Barre (architect of the Dawson Monument in the centre of nearby Monaghan town) for William Henderson around 1869.

1868 – British and Foreign Bible Society’s House, New Earl Street, Blackfriars, London

Architect: Edward L’Anson

Constructed in 1868, the design was first published in 1866. Bible House was the home to the British and Foreign Bible Society until the mid 1960s.

1868 – Cemetery Chapels, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

Architect: Ladds & Hooker

THE designs for these chapels are by Messrs. J. Ladds and J.M. Hooker, and were selected in open competition from about twenty other sets sent in.

1868 – Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, Preston, Lancashire

Architect: Edward Welby Pugin

On 26 May 1866, Bishop Goss laid the foundation stone for the church. Designed by Edward Welby Pugin,

1868 – Church of the Sacred Heart, The Crescent, Limerick

Architect: William E. Corbett / W.H. Byrne