colleges

1663 – Ss. Dominic & Sixtus, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy

Architect: Nicola Torriani, Felice and Vincenzo della Greca

The church was built at the order of Pope St Pius V (1566-1572),

1691 – Institut de France, Paris

Originally built as a college for students from conquered states, the building included a public library and a chapel.

1733 – Ballyhaise Agriculture College, Co. Cavan

Ballyhaise House was built for the Newburghs, a local landowning family, in the 1730s. Richard Cassels (1690-1751) was of German origin and also known as Richard Castle.

1847 – University College Cork

Architect: Sir Thomas Deane

One of three colleges constructed in Belfast, Galway and Cork as part of the Queen’s University of Ireland,

1852 – St. Columba’s College, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin

Architect: Philip Charles Hardwick

Design for a proposed building at St. Columba’s College, Co. Dublin by Philip Charles Hardwick –

1853 – Design for Presbyterian College, Belfast

Architect: Charles Lanyon

Now known as Union Theological College, it the theological college for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.

1859 – Magee College, Derry

Architect: Edward P. Gribbon

The design for Magee College was selected in competition. Building work took several years, with the foundation stone laid in 1856,

1860 – Hartley Institution, Southampton, Hampshire

Architect: Green & DeVille

The University of Southampton was founded by Henry Robinson Hartley, the son of a Southampton wine merchant,

1860 – St. Aloysius Schools & St. Cuthbert’s College, Ushaw, Durham

Architect: Edward Welby Pugin

1865 – Meadow Buildings, Christ Church College, Oxford

Architect: Thomas Newenham Deane

In 1862-65 Meadow Buildings, a Venetian Gothic construction by T.N. Deane, was erected to accommodate on site more of the undergraduates.