Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Civil engineer and architect, of Sligo. William Fawcett Gilcriest, a son of Thomas Fawcett Gilcriest by his wife Mary, née Chittick, and elder brother of JOHN FAWCETT GILCRIEST JOHN FAWCETT GILCRIEST , was born circa 1863. From 1885 until 1887 he served a two-year pupilage under BERKELEY DEANE WISE BERKELEY DEANE WISE , engineer to the Belfast & Co. Down Railway Co., in Belfast, while also attending lectures on geometry, chemistry and other subjects at Queen's College, Belfast. He remained with Wise for a time after completing his pupilage and then set up in private practice in Sligo. He died in 1907 or in the early months of 1908.(2)  He appears in the 1901 census as having a wife, Agnes, from Co. Mayo, and a one-year-old daughter, Norah.

ICEI: elected associate, 2 May 1888;(3) raised to member, 5 April 1893.(3)
RSAI: elected member, 2 October 1889.(4)

Addresses:(5) Engineer's Office, Belfast & Co. Down Railway, Belfast, 1888; Lyon's Terrace, Sligo, 1889->=1890; Wine Street, Sligo, <=1896 until death.
Home: Finisklin, Sligo, 1901.

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References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from ICEI membership applications, II, 114, and from the 1901 census of Ireland.

(1) IB 50, 7 Mar,18 Apr 1908, 149,230.
(2) TICEI 19 (1887-88), 135.
(3) TICEI 22, 5 Apr 1893, ?.
(4) JRSAI 19 (1889), 258.
(5) From TICEI lists of members.


12 work entries listed in chronological order for GILCRIEST, WILLIAM FAWCETT


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Building: CO. FERMANAGH, ENNISKILLEN, ARDHOWEN QUAY
Date: 1896
Nature: New boat quay.
Refs: IB 38, 15 Aug 1896, 177

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1896
Nature: Proposed extension, for Ballyshannon Board of Guardians.
Refs: IB 38, 1 Jul 1896, 144

Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, STEPHEN STREET, ULSTER BANK
Date: 1896
Nature: Adds.
Refs: IB 38, 1 Oct 1896, 209

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLINTRA, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1896
Nature: New church to be built. Builder: Robert Colhoun, Derry
Refs: IB 38, 1 Jul 1896, 144

Building: CO. SLIGO, RIVERSTOWN, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1896
Nature: New church to be erected.
Refs: IB 38, 15 Jun 1896, 133

Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, OLD BUNDORAN ROAD, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1898;1899
Nature: Residence for Sisters of Mercy. Builder: G. Kerr, £1195. Adds. to chapel & residence, 1899.
Refs: IB 40, 15 Sep 1898, 141; 41, 1 Nov 1899, 177

Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CHURCH STREET, HOUSES
Date: 1900
Nature: To be built.
Refs: IB 42, 15 Mar 1900, 309

Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, MARKET YARD, FACTORY
Date: 1902
Nature: For Sligo Manufacturing Society Ltd. Opened 1902. Builder: Scanlon.
Refs: IB 43, 30 Jan,3 Jul 1902, 1026,1312

Building: CO. ARMAGH, KILLYLEA, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1903
Nature: New stuccoed T-plan church.
Refs: IB 45, 26 Feb 1903, 1620;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 

Building: CO. SLIGO, BALLYMOTE
Date: 1903
Nature: Repairs and improvements on estate of Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth.
Refs: IB 45, 7 May 1903, 1750

Building: CO. SLIGO, BALLYMOTE, POST OFFICE
Date: 1903
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 45, 9 Apr 1903, 1686

Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, MILLS
Date: 1906
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 48, 24 Feb 1906, 154