Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Author, inventor and amateur architect, of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, for biography of whom see Oxford DNB and the entry by John S. Moore in DIB. Edgeworth is said to have designed the spire of the Protestant church at Edgeworthstown(1) and to have collaborated with DANIEL AUGUSTUS BEAUFORT  DANIEL AUGUSTUS BEAUFORT on the design of the Church of Ireland church at Collon, Co. Louth.(2) He remodelled his house at Edgeworthstown after inheriting it in 1782,(3) and presumably also designed the 'very pretty' small lodge for Ballinalee, Co. Longford, mentioned in 1787 by Daniel Augustus Beaufort, who made a sketch of the plan and elevation.(4)   He also laid out the road from Bridge of Tarmonbarry to Lung Bridge in Co. Roscommon, work which was continued by ALEXANDER NIMMO [1]  ALEXANDER NIMMO [1] and completed by JAMES CLARKE [1]. JAMES CLARKE [1]. (5)

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(1)
Royal Dublin Society Proceedings (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc. 2008/44).
(2)
C.C. Ellison, Guide to St Mary' s Church, Navan (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc. 2008/44); however in his biography of Beaufort, The Hopeful Traveller (1987), 85-87, Ellison refers to the Edgeworths generally rather than Richard Lovell Edgeworth in particular as being involved in the design of Collon church, singling out Richard's son William Edgeworth (1794-1829) as being responsible for the construction of the imitation fan-vaulting of the ceiling.
(3)
Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 286-7.
(4)
Journal of the Rev. D.A. Beauifort, 1787. 
(5) 1st Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland)

(1833), 8.


4 work entries listed in chronological order for EDGEWORTH, RICHARD LOVELL


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Building: CO. LONGFORD, EDGEWORTHSTOWN HOUSE
Date: 1782p
Nature: Alts. and adds. Later alts, in 1807 and 1812. 'He went on by slow degrees, as prudence required, year after year…till after exerting some engineering skill, not without frequent predictions from the lookers on, that he would pull the whole house down, he succeeded in making it such as to satisfy his own moderate wishes and a comfortable reisidence for a large family.'(Brewer)
Refs: J.N. Brewer, The Beauties of Ireland, II (1826), 268; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 286-7

Building: CO. LONGFORD, BALLINALEE, HOUSE
Date: 1787ca
Nature: 'He [Richard Lovell Edgeworth] is also building a small lodge at St Johnstown, very pretty, which is to cost only £200.' Probably designed by RLE himself.
Refs: Journal of the Rev. D.A. Beaufort, 1787 (ncludes sketch of plan and elevation)

Building: CO. LONGFORD, EDGEWORTHSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)
Date: 1811
Nature: Cast-iron (or steel & copper?) spire designed by RLE; 'has an ingenious construction so that it can be elevated or lowered within the tower by machinery' (Lawson). Removed in 1935 (information from former rector, Canon. T.G. Hudson)
Refs: Royal Dublin Society proceedings (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 'Description of a spire of a new construction' and 'On Portland stone as a covering for the spire', illustrated articles in Nicholson's Journal 1811, 241-8, & 1812, 78; J.N. Brewer, The Beauties of Ireland II (1826), 269; J.P. Lawson, Gazetteer of Ireland (1842), 408-9; R. Schofield, The Lunar Society (1963), 448; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 62,288

Building: CO. LOUTH, COLLON, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1811-1813
Nature: Tudor perpendicular gothic.
Refs: E.McP files, citing C.C. Ellison's guide to St Mary' s Church, Navan; however in his biography of Beaufort, The Hopeful Traveller (1987), 85-87, Ellison refers to the Edgeworths generally rather than Richard Lovell Edgeworth in particular as being involved in the design of Collon church, singling out Richard's son William Edgeworth (1794-1829) as being responsible for the construction of the imitation fan-vaulting of the ceiling.

Author Title Date Details
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell 'On Portland stone as a covering for the spire' 1811 Article in Nicholson's Journal (1811).
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell 'Description of a new spire'[Edgeworthstown] 1811 Article in Nicholson's Journal (1811).
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell 'On roofing Longford Jail with flagstones' 1811 Article in Nicholson's Journal (1811).