Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Civil engineer and architect, of Limerick. According to his application for membership of the ICEI, Cox was an engineering graduate of 'Queen's University' and had worked before graduating for JOHN NEVILLE[2] JOHN NEVILLE[2] , the County Surveyor for Co. Louth.(1) He was in private practice in Limerick for many years and was also a Board of Works inspector for Co. Limerick and parts of Cos. Clare, Tipperary and Cork.(2) He died in October 1892;  his funeral took place on 18 October at St Mary's Cathedral 'with every possible mark of respect on the part of the citizens and very many residents of the county of Limerick'.(3)  His pupils and assistants included RICHARD O'BRIEN SMYTH RICHARD O'BRIEN SMYTH , JAMES JOSEPH FARRALL JAMES JOSEPH FARRALL , WILLIAM HARRISON HARGRAVE  WILLIAM HARRISON HARGRAVE and JOHN CHARLES WILMOT.  JOHN CHARLES WILMOT.

ICEI: elected member, 1869;(4) not in membership lists for 1887 or 1890.
RIAI: proposed as fellow by JAMES HIGGINS OWEN JAMES HIGGINS OWEN , seconded by JAMES EDWARD ROGERS  JAMES EDWARD ROGERS and FREDERICK VILLIERS CLARENDON FREDERICK VILLIERS CLARENDON , 21 November 1867, and elected 19 December;(5) council member, 1872-8.(6)

Addresses: 40 Cecil Street, Limerick, 1867-70;(7) 66 George Street, Limerick, 1870(8)->=1873.(9)

See WORKS.



References



(1) ICEI membership applications, I, 103.
(2) IB 20, 1 Feb, 1878, 44,267.
(3) Limerick Chronicle, 18 Oct 1892.
(4) IB 12, 15 Aug 1870, 197.
(5) RIAI council meeting minutes, 8 Nov 1867, 92; general meeting minutes, 21 Nov 1867, 212, 19 Dec 1867, 216, 19 Nov 1868, 224.
(6) Typescript list of RIAI officers and council, 1849-1968, in IAA.
(7) See notes 3 and 4, above.
(8) RIAI Sessional Papers 1863-4 to 1869-70(1770), list of members.
(9) IB 15, 15 Apr 1873, advertisement, but address given as 64 George Street, Limerick, in advertisement for tenders for works at Cahercon House in Irish Times, 25 Feb 1873.


19 work entries listed in chronological order for COX, WILLIAM SIDNEY


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Building: CO. LIMERICK, ISLANMORE
Date: 1866
Nature: Farm offices, for E.J. Smith, Esq.
Refs: DB 8, 15 Aug 1866, 209

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, MONARD, SCHOOL & TEACHERS' HOUSES
Date: 1866
Nature: On property of Earl of Derby.
Refs: General Adveriser, 26 May 1866; DB 8, 1 Jun,15 Aug 1866, 147,209

Building: CO. LIMERICK, FARRAN, FARM OFFICES
Date: 1866
Nature: New farm offices to be built on the estate of Lord Annesley
Refs: DB 8, 15 Jun 1866, 160-161

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, KILLEA, HOUSE
Date: 1868
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of new dwelling house for Capt. Richard Farrar.
Refs: IB 10, 1 Oct 1868, 244

Building: CO. LIMERICK, TRUGH HOUSE (BLACKWATER)
Date: 1872
Nature: Castellated mansion ('Castle Trugh') for Lt. Col. John Vyse O'Donnell. FS laid May? 1872. Builders: McCarthy and Guerin.
Refs: IB 14, 1 Jun 1872, 163

Building: CO. LIMERICK, KILMALLOCK, HOUSES (002)
Date: 1872a
Nature: WSC brings action to recover £35 14s fromm Mr W.H. O'Sullivan of Kilmallock 'for furnishing plans and specifications for two houses erected by the defendant in his native town'. Defendant claimed that charges of 4½% on estimated outlay on building were exorbitant amd that there were defects in the designs. Plaintiff awarded £25..
Refs: Irish Times, 29 Jan 1872.

Building: CO. CLARE, CAHERCON HOUSE
Date: 1873
Nature: Alterations & additions for Col. the Hon. C. White, M.P. Tenders invited, Feb 1873.
Refs: Irish Times, 25 Feb 1873;  IB 15, 1 May 1873, 128.

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, MULGRAVE STREET, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1873
Nature: Addition of 2 chronic blocks and remodelling of administrative department. Accommodation raised to 500.  WSC presents claim to Board  for £143.5s as percentage on plans and specifications supplied, 16 Dec 1873.   Tender of Mr Leonard, Listowel (£11,800) accepted, Sep 1885. Leonard undertakes to complete work within 18 months.
Refs: Irish Times, 17 Dec 1873,15 Sep 1875;  45th Report on District, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums (1896), 17.

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, CORN STORE (MSSRS. BANNATYNE)
Date: 1873-1874
Nature: New 5-storey corn store built of local limestone . Facing river with 'massive square tower…of Italian character'. Expected cost £6,395. Builders: McCarthy & Guerin. Dispute over payment at completion of building, which contractor's men occupied until forcibly ejected. Partial collapse, 1875, caused by expansion of grain in the bins.
Refs: IB 15, 15 Jan 1873, 25,29; 16, 15 Oct 1874, 285; 17, 1 Feb 1875, 39; bill of measurements for extras, 5 Nov 1874, and credits in IAA PKS B06/50, 723ff; PKS account books A06, Nov 1874 (old ref. C/46)

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, O'CONNELL STREET (AND BRUNSWICK STREET), SLATTERY & O'NEILL
Date: 1873-74
Nature: New Italianate drapery premises with 75 ft frontage to O'Connell St and 150 ft frontage to Brunswick St.. For Mssrs. Slattery & O'Neill. Builder: McCarthy & Guerin. Cost: £6000.
Refs: IAA, PKS B06/54, A06 (Oct 1874); IB 15, 15 Oct 1873, 281

Building: CO. LIMERICK, DROMEENBOY, BRIDGE OVER RIVER MULKEAR
Date: 1874
Nature: Single-arch stone bridge over River Mulkear erected for Mulkear River Drainage District.   Engineers: William Barrington, Thomas Fosbery, William S. Cox. Resident engineer: J.W.B. Hill.  Contractor: Michael Walsh. Also 2 smaller bridges to E.
Refs:  Inscription on plaque on bridge;  National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/21902422/old-bridge-dromeenboy-limerick 

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, TIPPERARY, MAIN STREET, SHOPS & HOUSES (002)
Date: 1876
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of two shops and two dwelling houses in accordance with design by WSC, Oct 1876..
Refs: Irish Times, 27,30 Oct 1876.

Building: CO. LIMERICK, CAHERCONLISH, HOUSES (004)
Date: 1878a
Nature: Builder: Cavanagh. For D.F. Gabbett.
Refs: IB 20, 1 Feb 1878, 44-5

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, CULLEN, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1880-82
Nature: New church 'fast approaching completion', Jul 1880. Opened, Dec 1882  though still unfinished inside.  Cost about£2,400."
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 22, no. 28, 10 Jul 1880, 532; 25, no. 159, 20 Jan 1883, 62.

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, CULLEN, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1880-82
Nature: New church 'fast approaching completion', Jul 1880. Opened, Dec 1882  though still unfinished inside.  Cost about£2,400."
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 22, no. 28, 10 Jul 1880, 532; 25, no. 159, 20 Jan 1883, 62.

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, MULGRAVE STREET, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1882
Nature: Tenders invited for construction of drying closet for laundry and heating of Turkish Bath, Mar 1882.
Refs: Irish Times, 8 Mar 1882.

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, O'CONNELL STREET (& BRUNSWICK STREET), JOHN MCBIRNEY & CO.
Date: 1883
Nature: Tenders invited for alterations and improvements to warehouse 'including the finishing of a large frontage', Jun 1883.
Refs: Irish Times, 21,23 Jun 1883.

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, CRUISE'S STREET, CRUISES'S ROYAL HOTEL
Date: 1884
Nature: New smoking rooom and billiard room, new sanitary arrangementsfor James Flynn, proprietor. . (Demolished, 1991.)
Refs: Irish Times, 2 Oct 1884.

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BRUNSWICK STREET, CANNOCK & CO.
Date: 1888-9
Nature: Additions, &c.
Refs: Architect 39, 6 Apr 1888, supplement p.4; 42, 30 Aug 1889, supplement p.2.