1872 – Design for Town Hall, Chorley, Lancashire
Unsuccessful competition design by Dublin architect J.L. Robinson for a town hall in Lancashire. At the time of the competition,
Unsuccessful competition design by Dublin architect J.L. Robinson for a town hall in Lancashire. At the time of the competition,
Fine Gothic oratory constructed in the grounds of a convent. Recently restored, the building had an ornate interior.
From The Architect, November 20, 1875: The convent and chapel illustrated in the present number have been erected in connection with St.
From The Architect, November 20, 1875: Thiis another charitable institution managed by the Sisters of Mercy at the desire of the Very Rev.
“In our present number we illustrate the design submitted in competition by Mr. John L.
The former Church of Saints Michael & John was built in 1813. Although the external fabric of the Church of SS.
The buildings are now part of St. Michael’s Hospital but were constructed as one of the infamous Magdalen Laundries.
In Ireland the Industrial Schools Act of 1868 established industrial schools (Irish: scoileanna saothair) to care for “neglected,
Opened in 1857, where the apartments in Dalcassian Downs now stand.
Now part of the larger Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Offices, the former Town Hall and Market House was a multipurpose building containing a Court House,
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