From a prominent family of whom several were architects and who owned a quarry in Meath that supplied stone to many important buildings around Leinster. Darley’s most important works are the Merchant’s Hall and the King’s Inns Library in Dublin. In the 1840’s he redesigned the main staircase in the King’s Inns and possibly designed the north wing of the building when it was extended. Jacob Owen designed the southern wing. He was architect to Trinity College from 1834 onwards and designer of New Square. He was a founding member of the RIAI. His home at 25 Lower Fitzwilliam Street was one of those demolished by the ESB in 1965.
Detached early Gothic Revival Church of Ireland church, built in 1813, on a T-shaped plan comprising of three-bay nave transversed at third bay by single-bay transepts to east.
Originally built as a Guild hall but after the 1841 Municipal Reform Act which saw members of Dublin Corporation directly elected rather than through the influence of the Guilds,
Designed by Frederick Darley in 1827, the Library building of the Kings Inns replaced three of the oldest houses on the street.
The Royal Irish Institution for encouraging the Fine Arts in Ireland, was founded in 1813. Its objects were the “stimulating native talent by furnishing models to assist the labours of Irish artists and by rewarding the authors of works of superior merit.”
A 19th century mansion with the appearance of a French-Italianate château, with a seven-bay entrance front,
The former Castlebar prison was constructed between 1829 and 1834 at a cost of £23,000. According to Lewis,
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A Protestant Episcopal Church, construction started in 1838, and it was designed to accommodate up to 1,800 people.
Erected around 1839 as the Protestant Bethesda Chapel to replace an earlier one of around 1785.
St. Patrick’s Church at Clonevan (also spelt Clonevin) is in the Church of Ireland parish of Ardamine,
Erected as an Agricultural Training School with suitable offices and a 48 acre farm attached. Intended as a training school where eight pupils boarded and were taught both the theory and practice of modern and scientific methods of farming.
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