Armagh

1724 – Vicar’s Hill, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Built by Archbishop Boulter in 1724 as accomodation for clegy widows, this intact terrace facing the west front of the Church of Ireland Cathedral has fine Gibbsian door surrounds.

1770 – Archbishop’s Palace, Armagh

Architect: Thomas Cooley / Francis Johnston

Constructed as a large two-storey house, 7 bays wide by 4 bays deep,

1771 – Public Library, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Cooley

Fabulous Library building on an awkward sloping corner site by Thomas Cooley, the architect of Dublin’s City Hall which was started just two years earlier.

1774 – Former Hospital, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: George Ensor

Built as the city hospital in 1774, and now an outreach campus for Queens University Belfast.

1780 – Former Jail, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Cooley / William Murray

The old jail building is sited at the opposite end of the Mall from the Court House.

1808 – The Pavilion, Armagh, Co. Armagh

A single-storey Regency villa with very wide Georgian-glazed windows, built for Captain William Whitelaw Algeo JP, who lived there until his death in 1845.

1809 – Court House, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Francis Johnston

The courthouse by Francis Johnston is a relatively simple affair and should be compared with the larger Court House built in nearby Monaghan only twenty years later.

1814 – St. Mark’s Church of Ireland, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Francis Johnston / William Farrell / Slater & Carpenter

St Mark’s Church was built in 1811 as a chapel of ease to St Patrick’s Cathedral,

1815 – Market House, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Duff

On a steeply sloped site in Market Square, the former Market House featured an open arcade of arches at ground level (to the rear of the façade above).

1818 – Orange Hall, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Unusual Orange Hall that consiste of a later hall from 1950 built behind an older building of 1818 with twin pediments and coach arches.