Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, ST PATRICK'S TRAINING COLLEGE (BELVIDERE HOUSE)

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, ST PATRICK'S TRAINING COLLEGE (BELVIDERE HOUSE)
Date: 1884-85;1887
Nature: Adds., incl. kitchen wing, bell turret, proposed farm offices, 1884. Builder: Joseph Kelly & Son, Thomas St.. Amount of tender £6280.5.0. Further adds., 1887. Builder: Hammond
Refs: Diary of JLR.Mar 1893 (photocopy in IAA, Acc. 2006/011); IAA, PKS B11/69, B12/03, B13/27, A07, pp.206-7,264 (Mar 1884-Apr 1885, Mar 1887)

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, ST PATRICK'S TRAINING COLLEGE (BELVIDERE HOUSE)
Date: 1891-94
Nature: New wing containing refectory, kitchens, hall, library and dormitory. At rightangles to existing building. Plans prepared in 1887 but execution delayed  Cornerstone laid by Archbishop Walsh, 26 Oct 1891. Builder: Richard Toole (£12,806).
Refs: IAA, PKS 0736, B15/38, B15/83 (missing), B16/04, A07, p.159 (May 1891); transcript in Jones file of inscription on ceremonial trowel used in laying of corner stone; obituary in Building News;  Irish Times, 27 Oct 1891.

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, ST PATRICK'S TRAINING COLLEGE (BELVIDERE HOUSE)
Date: 1899
Nature: New chapel, red brick with Portland stone dressings, cloisters, &c.. Consecrated, 11 Jun 1899. Builder: James Donovan. High altar executed by E. Sharp, Dublin.
Refs: Irish Times, 12 Jun 1899; IB 41, 1 Jul 1899, 78; E. Sharp's publicity booklet (1920s), 14.

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, ST PATRICK'S TRAINING COLLEGE (BELVIDERE HOUSE)
Date: 1911-1912
Nature: Gate lodge and entrance. Builder: Clarke, Clanbrassil St Upr
Refs: IB 53, 9 Dec 1911, 822; 54, 8 Jun 1912, 348

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, ST PATRICK'S TRAINING COLLEGE (BELVIDERE HOUSE)
Date: 1915a?
Nature: Mosaic work in chapel.
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).

Name: ROBINSON, KEEFE & DEVANE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER, ST PATRICK'S TRAINING COLLEGE (BELVIDERE HOUSE)
Date: 1963;64
Nature: Extension to gatekeeper's lodge, 1963. Gymnasium, administration block, dining hall, chapel, kitchen, &c., 1964.
Refs: IB 105, 3 Aug 1963, 599; 106, 14 Mar 1964, 183