1210 – St. David’s Castle, Naas, Co. Kildare
Also known as King John’s Castle, and is the last surviving example of the many fortified houses in the town of Naas.
Also known as King John’s Castle, and is the last surviving example of the many fortified houses in the town of Naas.
Jigginstown also known as Sigginstown House, or Strafford’s Folly was 380ft in length, making it one of the largest unfortified structures built in Ireland.
The 3-bay centre block is of cut ashlar limestone, with pilasters and lions around the door.
An early work of Richard Morrison in a classical style reminiscent of the work of James Gandon.
Originally built as a gaol in 1796 by the Naas Corporation. That body was abolished in 1840, and the building lay empty until it was acquired by their successors,
The barracks, originally known as Naas Barracks, were built for local militia units in 1813, and later became the home depot of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when that regiment was formed in 1881.
Richard Morrison’s original building of 1807 stood well back from the pavement on a site which had been chosen in 1797 for a Sessions House to replace the decayed 17th Century building further up the main street.
Colclough was a civil engineer and architect, of Dublin, who died at the age of thirty-three on 21 June 1880 and was buried in Mount Jerome cemetery.
The first building completed by Heneghan.Peng, who have been successful in many competitions including one to design a new museum at Giza in Egypt.