Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

English architect, for whom see Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 437. During the 1830s Goodwin projected or executed several works in Ireland, most notably, Lissadell, Co. Sligo. According to Port,(1) he was 'much in Ireland' in 1834.

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References



(1) Michael Port, 'Francis Goodwin (1784-1835): an architect of the 1820's', Archtectural History 1 (1958), 71.


8 work entries listed in chronological order for GOODWIN, FRANCIS #


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Building: CO. SLIGO, LISSADELL
Date: 1831-5
Nature: House, gate lodge, another proposed gate lodge and proposed 'telegraphic' tower, for Sir Robert Gore Booth. Contractor: James Nowell, Dewsbury, Yorks.
Refs: Agreement, correspondence, tenders, 1830-1839, in PRONI, D4131/H/3 and MIC590/1 (see PRONI e-catalogue);  basement, ground- and chamber-floor plans, s. & d. Feb 1833, in Lissadell Papers, PRONI, D/4131/G/2; Francis Goodwin, Domestic Architecture (1833), I, frontispiece, pl.6; II, pls.31-34;  E. McParland, 'Lissadell, Co. Sligo', Country Life 162, 6 Oct 1977, 914-917(illus.) Sean O'Reilly. 'Lissadell, Co. Sligo', Country Life 197, 25 Sep 2001, 110-115(illus.).

Building: CO. SLIGO, MARKREE CASTLE
Date: 1832
Nature: Gothic gate lodge on Dublin road, for Edward Joshua Cooper, M.P.
Refs: 2 elevations of lodge from road and from park (former as engraved in Goodwin's Domestic Architecture Vol. I (1833), design no. 14) sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 12 Jun 1980 (Lot 128); drawings for Markree Castle (including ones by FG?) in possession of present owners

Building: CO. SLIGO, CULLAMORE (LISSADELL)
Date: 1833
Nature: Italianate villa, built as dower house for Henry Gore Booth, Esq.
Refs: Francis Goodwin, Domestic Architecture (1833), II, pls. 30-33; Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn, 2008), 437; E. McParland, 'Lissadell, Co. Sligo', Country Life 162, 6 Oct 1977, 914-917(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM, LECTURE ROOMS & CAMPANILE (PROPOSED)
Date: 1833-34
Nature: Competition entrant. Classical design. Fee of £60 pounds voted to him, 8 Nov 1834, for plan of lecture rooms.
Refs: Perspective of interior in TCD, MS MUN/MC/188, repr. E. McParland, 'The college buildings' in C.H. Holland, ed., Trinity College Dublin and the idea of a university' (1991), 172(illus.); TCD Board Minutes (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PUBLIC BATHS
Date: 1834
Nature: Unexecuted designs.
Refs: APSD, G, 61; Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn, 2008), 435.

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE SQUARE EAST, ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION
Date: 1834
Nature: Unexecuted design for extensive adds. (Brett says N wing was added in 1834)
Refs: APSD III, G, 61;   Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 435;  C.E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd edn., 1985), 15.

Building: CO. WATERFORD, CURRAGHMORE, HOUSES (007)
Date: 1834ca
Nature: Terrace of 7 2-storey labourers' cottages 'intended to be erected' for Marquess of Waterford.
Refs: Francis Goodwin, Rural Architecture (2nd edition, 1835), II, supplement.

Building: CO. SLIGO, KEVINSFORT? (SLIGO)
Date: ?
Nature: Proposed gate lodge, for G. Dodwell, Esq.
Refs: Francis Goodwin, Rural Architecture (2nd edition, 1835), II, Pl. 5; APSD III, G, 61

Author Title Date Details
Goodwin, Francis Domestic Architecture 1833-4 Printed for the author, 2 vols. (2nd edition entitled Rural Architecture published 1835; further editions 1843 and 1850.)