1865 – Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
The Royal Marine Hotel as intended by architect John McCurdy. Sadly almost the entire right hand wing was never constructed as illustrated.
The Royal Marine Hotel as intended by architect John McCurdy. Sadly almost the entire right hand wing was never constructed as illustrated.
Strongly reminiscent of the work of Deane and Woodward of a decade before. “With this number we give an illustration of schools at present being erect at Carlow.
Stands on the site of Shelbourne House, the Shelbourne Hotel was established in 1824 by a Tipperary man,
Demolished to make way for Norwich Union buildings in the 1960s. From The Irish Builder, October 1 1867: “We regret that the Corporation of Dublin,
Solid large house with many round headed windows on the first floor. Much overlooked by visitors to the Zoo.
The Strand Street Institute was built in 1868 by John McCurdy for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),
Built for Major-General Francis Plunkett Dunne in 1869, to a design by John McCurdy.
Originally a hunting lodge of ca 1750, enlarged as a castellated style house during the early 1800s by John Proby,
The High School was founded in 1870 by the Governors of the Schools Founded by Erasmus Smith,
Gothic club building with two oriel windows at first floor level allowing the members to have a view of the street from their smoking and coffee rooms.