Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of London, for biography and works of whom see Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (3rd edn., 1995), 89. In 1791 Backhouse exhibited designs for a dock at Cobh, Co. Cork, at the Society of Artists and in 1806 designs for a custom house and exchange at Cobh at the Royal Academy.




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Building: CO. CORK, COBH, DOCKS
Date: 1783
Nature: Proposal exhibited at Society of Artists
Refs: Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 85.

Building: CO. CORK, COBH, CUSTOM HOUSE
Date: 1806
Nature: Proposal for custom house & exchange exhibited at RA
Refs: RA 1806. no. 799;  Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 85.