Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Clonmel, active from the 1810s until the 1850s. John Jones was apprenticed to WILLIAM ROBERTSON  WILLIAM ROBERTSON of Kilkenny.(1) 'I. Jones, archt., Clonmel' signed an undated design for enlarging the Church of Ireland church at Cahir, Co. Tipperary;(2) this is presumably an unexecuted proposal for enlarging the church before it was rebuilt to designs by JOHN NASH  JOHN NASH in 1816-18. The Bank of Ireland minutes for 9 September 1828 record a payment to him for building the bank agent's house at Clonmel.(3) The following year he was appointed supervising architect for the erection of the free school at Clonmel, designed by JAMES & JAMES & amp; GEORGE RICHARD PAIN. GEORGE RICHARD PAIN. (4)   Letters and sketches by him, dated 1838-1840, concerning alterations to Kilbyrne House, Doneraile, Co. Cork, are among the Grove White estate papers in the Cork Archives Institute.  He is also said to have been invited by Sir Hugh Gough to prepare plans for additions to Rathronan House, Co. Tipperary, which were not executed.(5) He is listed in I. Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland (1846), 177, and is on the membership list of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for March 1854.

ICEI: associate by 1849.(6)
RSAI (Kilkenny Archaeological Society): on list of members, March 1854.(7)

Address: New Quay, Clonmel, 1846.

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References



(1) JCHAS (1964) 1, 1.
(2) Drawing in RCB, portfolio 27.
(3) IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc. 2008/44.
(4) See note 1, above.
(4) See note 1, above.
(5) J.D. Forbes, Victorian Architect: the life and work of William Tinsley (1953), 13.
(6) TICEI 3 (1849), list of members.
(7) JRSAI 2 (1852-53), list of members, corrected to Mar 1854.


6 work entries listed in chronological order for JONES, JOHN [1]


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Building: CO. TIPPERARY, CLONMEL, BANK OF IRELAND AGENT'S HOUSE
Date: 1828
Nature: JJ paid for building same.
Refs: Bank of Ireland minutes, 9 Sep 1828 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44)

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, CLONMEL, FREE SCHOOL
Date: 1829-30
Nature: JJ supervising architect for erection of building designed by Pain brothers. Builder: William Tinsley, Clonmel.
Refs: JCHAS  69 (1964),Pt. 1, 1

Building: CO. CORK, KILBYRNE HOUSE (DONERAILE)
Date: 1838-1840
Nature: Proposed alterations.
Refs: 5 letters and sketches from JJ to James Grove White, 1838-40 re alterations to house in Cork City and County Archives, U209.

Building: CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, ST JOHN'S BASILICA (RC)
Date: 1838ca
Nature: '[Bishop Michael Anthony] Fleming consulted Irish architects John Jones, J.M. Butler, William Deane [Butler] and German architect C. Schmidt concerning the plans for the building. Information based on documents found in Rome indicate that Fleming finally based his cathedral on plans prepared by the architect of the Danish Government, a Mr. C. Schmidt at Altona on the Elbe, just outside Hamburg [i.e. Ole Joergen Schmidt].'
Refs: Newfoundland Registered heritage structures (http://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/rhs/rs_listing/102.html) (but cf. account of this building in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_St._John_the_Baptist, which would appear to be incorrect

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, CAHIR, CHURCH (CI, OLD)
Date: ?
Nature: Proposed enlargement, presumably before church was rebuilt to designs by John Nash in 1816-18.
Refs: Undated drawing signed 'I. Jones, archt., Clonmel' in RCB Library, portfolio 27

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, RATHRONAN HOUSE
Date: ?
Nature: Invited by Hugh Gough to prepare proposals for additions. William Tinsley was likewise invited. Work not carried out.
Refs: J.D. Forbes, Victorian Architect: the life and work of William Tinsley (1953), 13