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JONES, ALFRED GRESHAM
- Born: 1824ca Died: 1915
Architect, of Dublin. Alfred Gresham Jones, who was born circa 1824, was a son of George Jones, merchant tailor of Dublin, and his wife Sarah.(1) He entered the Royal Dublin Society's School of Architectural Drawing on 10 November 1842 and was awarded a premium on 29 June 1843 and another on 7 November 1844.(2) He then appears to have spent some time in London; in 1850, when he exhibited designs for an Early English church at the Royal Hibernian Academy,(3) he gave 16 Dawson Street Dublin (where George Jones had his tailoring premises) and 10 Grafton Place, Kentish Town, London, as his addresses. In 1852 he appears to have been working for JOHN SKIPTON MULVANY ; he attested the death of Mulvany's wife in July 1852,(4) and three of the four designs which Mulvany exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1853 were drawn by him. He makes his first appearance in Thom's Directory in 1853, working from George Jones's house at 7 Garville Avenue, Rathgar. The following year he formed a partnership with HUGH CARMICHAEL which lasted until Carmichael's death in 1860. Thereafter he practised on his own, although at some stage he is said to have invited RICHARD O'BRIEN SMYTH to become his partner. His pupils and assistants included GEORGE PALMER BEATER , THOMAS PHILLIPS FIGGIS and WILLIAM H. MACKENZIE . He was one of the Blackrock Township Commissioners, representing Monkstown ward, in 1874 and 1875.(5) In Monkstown he appears to have been involved in the residential development at Queen's Park, where he designed villas named the Cottage (later Villa Carlotta ) in 1870 and Verona in 1873(6) and where he lived himself from 1869 to 1872 and again from 1886 to 1888. Intermittent notices in the Irish Times between 22 October 1874 and 15 September 1875 name him as architect to the Vieille Montagne Italian zinc roofing company.
In 1888, Jones emigrated to Australia. By this time he was already in his mid-sixties, and the reason for this enterprising move is not clear. He is said to have started a successful practice in Australia.(7) He also wrote verse.(8) He died, aged ninety-one, at his house at St Kilda, Melbourne, on 9 September 1913 (9) and was buried at Boroondara Cemetery, Melbourne. He had married Julia Charlotte Malyn on 27 January 1855 (10) when he was thirty-one and had two sons and five daughters, of whom one son and three daughters survived him.
The Irish Architectural Archive holds a watercolour reconstruction of the Parthenon by Jones, for which he was awarded a Silver Medal by the Royal Dublin Society in 1843 or 1844 (Acc. 2001/143)(11) and designs by him for The Cottage and Verona in Queen's Park, Monkstown (see above).
RIAI: admitted as fellow, 23 June 1864.(12)
Addresses: Work:(13) 16 Dawson Street Dublin, and 10 Grafton Place, Kentish Town, London, 1850;(14) 7 Garville Avenue, Rathgar, 1853-56; 3 Molesworth Street, 1856-1877; 43 St Stephen's Green, 1877-1888.
Home: 2 Kenilworth Terrace, Rathmines, 1863-5; Kenilworth Road, Rathgar, 1867-8; Queen's Park House, Monkstown, 1869-1872; Clifton Lodge, Seafield Ave, Monkstown, 1873-1876; Villa Carlotta, Queen's Park, Monkstown, 1886-1888ca; The Gables, 285 Barkly St, St Kilda, Melbourne, at time of death.
See WORKS, see also works of CARMICHAEL & amp; JONES.
References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from Jones's death certificate (photocopy given to IAA by Dr Bill Johnson, Newcastle, Co. Down, a collateral descendant) and from the obituary of Jones in IB 57, 6 Nov 1915, 477. An album of designs by Jones is in the National Library of Ireland. Several of these designs are reproduced by Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996.
(1) The name Gresham may indicate some connection with Thomas M. Gresham, who established the Gresham Hotel in 1817. As Gresham was a foundling from London, the connection between him and Jones's parents may have been through marriage or simple friendship. Both Gresham and Alfred Jones may have been Methodists.
(2) MS. transcript from Royal Dublin Society minutes of School of Architectural Drawing admissions and prizewinners (in IAA).
(3) Nos. 336,337,339; see also B 8, 24 Aug 1850, 406.
(4) Frederick O'Dwyer, 'The architecture of John Skipton Mulvany', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies (2000), 43.
(5) Post Office Directory 1874, 1875; but in October 1874he issued a writ of summons and plaint against the commissioners, see Irish Times, 27 Oct 1874.
(6) Drawings for The Cottage in IAA, Acc. 2007/046; drawings and specificationsfor Verona in IAA, Acc. 90/69 and Acc. 94/127/1.
(7) An album of his designs on paper watermarked 1882,1883 and 1885, formerly in the possession of one of his grandsons or granddaughters in Cremorne, Australia, and now in the National Library of Ireland (2006 TX) may have been prepared by him to show to prospective Australian clients.
(8) Information from Dr Bill Johnson, Newcastle, Co. Down, who presented the IAA with a photocopy of Jones's poem, 'Eucaplytus Tree', 1889, as well as his reconstruction of the Parthenon.
(9) The causes of his death are given on his death certificate as influenza, arteriosclerosis and 'Senile Decay'.
(10) www.familysearch.org.
(11) See note 2, above.
(12) RIAI council meeting minutes, 7 Jun 1864, 16; general meeting minutes, 23 Jun 1864, 144 144.
(13) From Jones's transcripts from Thom's directories unless otherwise stated.
(14) See note 3, above.
56 work entries listed in chronological order for JONES, ALFRED GRESHAM
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Building: | CO. DUBLIN, GLENAGEARY, CONSERVATORY |
Date: | 1851 |
Nature: | 58 ft x15 ft wide with semicircular transept, 24ft x 15 ft. Elliptical roof. Contractor: Irish Engineering Co. to cost £1,000. |
Refs: | B 9, 3 May 1851, 281 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CASTLE LESLIE (GLASLOUGH) |
Date: | 1854 |
Nature: | Proposed castellated entrance complex. |
Refs: | Signed and dated design (also signed by Ninian Niven) in collection of Leslie family (PRONI microfilm MIC.606/G/4/3), cited by J.A.K.. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Ulster (UAHS, 1994), 125(illus.) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET UPPER, NO. 040 (CHERRY & SHIELDS) |
Date: | 1860 |
Nature: | New shop front. Builder: Pennefather. |
Refs: | DB 2, 1 Dec 1860, 372,375(illus.) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MARY STREET, NO. 017-18 (GEORGE TICKELL) |
Date: | 1860 |
Nature: | Rebuilding for proprietor, G. Tickell, to form extensive furniture & upholstery establishment. Shop front of 'novel and ornate character'. Builder: George Whiteacre. Cost to be about £1,500. |
Refs: | DB 2, 1 Oct,1 Dec 1860, 352,372,374(illus.); Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 158-160(illus.) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, KILLINEY, STRATHMORE |
Date: | 1860s |
Nature: | New villa for William Henry, 'designed in the mid 1860s [and built] at a cost of £3,500' (Lincoln) |
Refs: | Plans, elevations, section in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX; Simon Lincoln, 'Oliver Hill in Killiney: an Irish Victorian house remodelled', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 12 (1996), 139. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KENILWORTH SQUARE (RATHMINES), HOUSE |
Date: | 1861 |
Nature: | Early English mansion on W side of square. |
Refs: | DB 3, 1 May 1861, 501 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, RATHMINES UPPER, PALMERSTON HOUSE |
Date: | 1861 |
Nature: | Large house for B. Fawcett. |
Refs: | DB 3, 1 May 1861, 501 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HENRY STREET, NO. 028 |
Date: | 1862 |
Nature: | Rebuilding. |
Refs: | DB 4, 15 Jan 1862, 20 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, CARRICKMINES, CHURCH (CI, TULLOW PARISH) |
Date: | 1862 |
Nature: | Plans for same prepared by 'Mr Jones' who was also 'professionally connected' with several houses in the area. |
Refs: | DB 4, 1 Jun 1862, 140 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, FOXROCK, ?, HOUSES |
Date: | 1862 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | DB 4, 1 Jun 1862, 140 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, AVOCA AVENUE, NO. 015 & 16 |
Date: | 1862 |
Nature: | 2 semi-detached houses 'of somewhat Italian and Byzantine style' just finished. Pedimented gable, modillioned cantilever roof, spacious oriel window at ground floor level. For Gregory Murphy, Williamstown, owner and builder. |
Refs: | DB 4, 1 Nov 1862, 278; Frederick O'Dwyer, 'The architecture of John Skipton Mulvany', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 3 (2000), 43 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PRINCE'S STREET NORTH, NO. 023-24 (CANNOCK & WHITE) |
Date: | 1862 |
Nature: | Rebuilding of premises recently destroyed by fire. |
Refs: | DB 4, 15 Jan 1862, 20 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MERRION STREET LOWER, MERRION HALL |
Date: | 1862-63 |
Nature: | Italian style. Contractors: Cockburn & Sons, Great Brunswick St.. Ironwork by Strong, Hammond Lane. Cost about: £16.000. First service held 26 Aug 1863. Heating system by Ross & Murray, Middle Abbey St, installed 1865. |
Refs: |
Plans & section in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI, see Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 271,273-276(illus.); DB 4, 15 Aug 1862, 214; 5, 1 Sep 1863, 145-6; 7, ? ? 1865, 48; Irish Times, 27 Aug 1863 (long description); B 21, 5 Sep 1863, 636; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 559. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EARLSFORT TERRACE, EXHIBITION PALACE & WINTER GARDEN |
Date: | 1862-65 |
Nature: | Winner of competition, in which submitted 2(?) designs.. FS laid 12 Jun 1863. Builder: James Patrick Beardwood, Dublin. Tenders invited for 'Wall-chain railing, Entrance Gates, &c.' Apr 1864. (Exhibition opened 245 May 1864.) |
Refs: |
IAA, PKS B03/12; winning design in National Gallery of Ireland, no.3870; perspectives, sections, elevations, plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI; design exh. RHA 1863, no. 459; views exh. Exhibition of Manufactures, Machinery and Fine Arts, Dublin (1864), nos. 299,301,305; photograph of perspective view of design in IAA, Acc. 2007/046.2; B 20, 1862, 881; 21, 17,31 Jan 1863, 40,80,81(illus.); 21, 13,20 Jun 1863, 422,450; 22, 18 Jun 1864, 448; 23, 22 Apr,20 May 1865, 278-81(illus.),345-6; DB 4, 1,15 Oct, 1 Dec 1862, 250, 262,300; 5, 1,15 Jan,15 Jun,1,15 Aug,1 Nov 1863, 2-3,101,104,129-30,135,178-179; 6, 1 Mar,1 Jun,1,15 Aug,15 Nov 1864, 37,38(illus.),101,106,111(illus.),148,164,235; 7, 15 Apr 1865, 102; IB 9, 1 May 1867, 108; 10, 15 Apr 1868, 99; 12, 1 Jan 1870, 6; 54, 17 Aug 1912, ?; Irish Times, 1 Dec 1862, 19 Apr 1864, 9 Jan 1865.6 May 1907; Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal 29, 1 Apr 1866, 108-109(illus.); Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 172-198(illus.),271,279-281(illus.); Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 485-7. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EARLSFORT TERRACE, EXHIBITION PALACE & WINTER GARDEN |
Date: | 1862ca |
Nature: | Proposed Turkish kiosk on Hatch St side of grounds. |
Refs: | Elevations and sections in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. WICKLOW, BRAY, EGLINTON ROAD, METHODIST CHURCH |
Date: | 1864 |
Nature: | New church, 65 x 22 ft.. Early English style. FS laid 25 Feb 1864 by Thomas Gresham of Raheny Park. Opened 25 Aug 1864. Granite with Caen stone porch and rose window above. Builder: Beardwood & Son, Westland Row. Estimated cost: £1,200. |
Refs: |
B 17, 8 Oct 1859, 663; DB 6, 15 Mar 1864, 46; Irish Times, 27 Aug 1864. ; |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, NORTHGATE STREET, METHODIST CHURCH |
Date: | 1864 |
Nature: | Early English character. Tenders invited Nov 1863. FS laid 25 Feb 1864 by J.C. Evans. Builder: George Granville, Ballinasloe. Estimated cost £1,700-1,800. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 28 Nov 1863; DB 6, 15 Mar 1864, 46(illus.); Westmeath Independent, 2 Feb 1865; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 134 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ASHGROVE AVENUE (SANDYMOUNT), METHODIST CHURCH |
Date: | 1864 |
Nature: | FS laid 28 Apr 1864. Opened 9 Dec 1864. Builder: Beardwood, Westland Row. |
Refs: | DB 6, 1 May,15 Dec 1864, 82,261; Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 103-110(illus.),225-232(illus.); IAA, PKS L1 (p.600) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, GLENAGEARY, SILCHESTER ROAD, CHURCH OF ST PAUL (CI) |
Date: | 1864-1868 |
Nature: | Winner of limited competition. For Trustees of Jane Shannon (who also endowed St Kevin's, S Circular Rd, and St Barnabas, North Lotts).. FS laid 18 Oct 1865. Consecrated 12 Jul 1868 by Archbishop of Dublin. Cost: £5,200. Builder: John Nolan, Meredyth Pl.. |
Refs: |
IAA, PKS L1 (p.779); DB 6, 1 May,15 Sep,1 Oct 1864, 82,188,199; 7, 1 Nov 1865, 264; IB 10, 15 Jul 1868, 182; 13, 15 Mar 1871, 71(illus.); B.H. Blacker, 'Sketches of Irish Churches' in Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 14, no. 157, 25 Jun 1872, 136; Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 111-122(illus.),234-241(illus.); exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 291. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KEVIN STREET LOWER, WORKING MEN'S HALL |
Date: | 1865 |
Nature: | FS laid 1 May 1865 by Lord Mayor. Builder: John Boyce, Charleston Rd, Rathmines. To cost £800. |
Refs: | DB 7, 15 May 1865, 124,130 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE |
Date: | 1865 |
Nature: | Competition entrant. |
Refs: | Design exh. Dublin International Exhibition of Art & Manufactures, 1865, no. 165; photograph of unfinished perspective view of exterior in IAA, Acc. 2007/046.3; DB 7, 1 Feb,1 Jul,1 Aug 1865, 34(illus.),161,183 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET UPPER, NO. 021-22 (GRESHAM HOTEL, OLD) |
Date: | 1866 |
Nature: | Extensive adds. & alts. |
Refs: | DB 8, 1 Jan 1866, 12; Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 162-168 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAWSON STREET, NO. 059 (J.B. JOHNSTONE) |
Date: | 1867 |
Nature: | Conversion of private house into commercial premises for J.B. Johnstone, military and merchant tailor. Contractor: Matthew Gahan & Son, Whitechurch, Rathfarnham. |
Refs: | IB 9, 1 Sep 1867, 222,223(illus.); Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 169-171(illus. but photographs are of wrong building) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, TEMPLE ROAD (RATHMINES), ST ANDREW'S |
Date: | 1867-68 |
Nature: | Dwelling house & premises, for Andrew Armstrong. Builder: Bolton. Subject of court action by Armstrong against AGJ for alleged negligence. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 24 Dec 1869; B 28, 1 Jan 1870, 19; IB 12, 1 Jan 1870, 10 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, FISHAMBLE STREET, THOMAS KENNAN |
Date: | 1867-68 |
Nature: | Large extension and additional showrooms. Arcxhitect: 'Mr Jones'. |
Refs: |
Irish Times, 22 Feb 1868; Irish Times, 22 Feb 1868. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SHERIFF STREET UPPER, CHURCH OF ST BARNABAS (CI) |
Date: | 1869-70 |
Nature: | New church & adjoining schoolhouse on site donated by Charles Gaussen. For Trustees of Jane Shannon (who also endowed St Paul's, Glenageary, and St Kevin's, S Circular Rd).. Builder: Gahan & Son, Whitechurch, Rathfarnham. Consecr. 24 Jan 1870 by Archbishop of Dublin. Cost of church: £5000. Cost of large schoolhouse built at cost of £1000, defrayed by J.B. Ball, Merrion Sq. (Closed,1965, and demolished, 1968.) |
Refs: |
IB 11, 15 Apr 1869, 92,93(illus.); 12, 1 Feb 1870, 25; 14, 1 Feb 1872, 35; Architect 3, 12 Feb 1870, 85; Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 12, no. 129, 23 Feb 1870, 38; interior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 291. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, MONKSTOWN, QUEEN'S PARK, THE COTTAGE (VILLA CARLOTTA, INISMAAN)) |
Date: | 1870 |
Nature: | Single-storey over basement house in centre of Queen's Park development, apparently intended for himself. |
Refs: | 8 contract drawings dated 1870 in IAA, Acc. 2007/046; Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 81-85(illus.),200-210(illus.) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, MONKSTOWN, QUEEN'S PARK, VERONA |
Date: | 1873 |
Nature: | House for James Butler. |
Refs: | Drawings and specifications, dated May 1873, in IAA, Acc. 90/69 and Acc. 94/127/1 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 015 (S. MCCOMAS) |
Date: | 1873 |
Nature: | Rebuilding, for S. McComas, tailors. |
Refs: | IB 15, 15 Oct 1873, 281 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET MIDDLE, NO. 079 & 80 (W.H. SMITH) |
Date: | 1875 |
Nature: | Rebuilding, with 'novel and marked architectural featuraes of picturesque character, unusual in buildings devoted to mercantile pursuit'. Builder: William Hughes. |
Refs: | IB 17, 1 Jul 1875, 176,177(illus.) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MOREHAMPTON ROAD, NO. 001-17 |
Date: | 1875 |
Nature: | 9 new houses. Tenders for building same invited, Jul 1875. |
Refs: | Freeman's Journal, 22 Jul 1875; IB 57, 6 Nov 1915, 477 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 047 |
Date: | 1875p |
Nature: | Conservatory opening off landing, for John Orpin, solicitor, who moved into house post 1875. |
Refs: | Sections, plan, elevation of door from landing in album of designs by Jones in NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 094 (WESLEY COLLEGE) |
Date: | 1877-79 |
Nature: | New buildings at rere of Centenary Hall. Gothic with clock tower. Red brick with bands of blue and white brick. Frontage 185ft, depth 80ft. Plans of AGJ accepted by building committee, Mar 1877. Building commenced, Sep 1877. Opened 30 Jan 1879. Contractors: Mssrs Gahan & Son, Harcourt St.Cost about £14,000. |
Refs: | IB 19, 15 Mar 1877, 78; Irish Times, 24 Jan 1879; Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 147-156 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ?, ORANGE HALL (PROPOSED) |
Date: | 1877p |
Nature: | Unexecuted project ?for 49 York St. . |
Refs: | Elevations, section & door detail in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 127 (TURKISH BATHS) |
Date: | 1878 |
Nature: | New baths completed and to be opened on 5 August. Handsomely decorated in Turkish style. Contractor: Thomas Tighe, Hamilton Row. Plumbing: Curtis & Sons, Middle Abbey St. |
Refs: |
Irish Times, 3 Aug 1878 (which gives detailed description of baths). |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET LOWER, NO. 012 (METROPOLITAN CHRISTIAN UNION BUILDINGS) |
Date: | 1878-79 |
Nature: | New premises. FS laid, 16 Oct 1877. Inaugurated, 24 Mar 1879, having been temporarily opened previous Nov, though unfinished. for Christian Convention. Large hall can hold over 4,000. Additional accommodation includes lecture room, class rooms, library, gym and bowling alley. Entrance front of red brick relieved with granite dressings and bands of granite and blue and white brick. Contractors: Gahan & Son, Harcourt St. |
Refs: |
IB 19, 15 Oct 1877, 310; Irish Times, 12 Nov 1878,25 Mar 1879. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CABRA, NORTH DUBLIN UNION CHILDREN'S HOME |
Date: | 1881 |
Nature: | 'Mr Jones' a competition entrant. Possibly AGJ. |
Refs: |
Irish Times, 12 May 1881. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LEINSTER ROAD (& HAROLD'S CROSS ROAD), HAROLD'S CROSS PARISH HALL |
Date: | 1882-833 |
Nature: | New hall by A.G.J, assisted by T.P. Figgis. Builder: J. & W. Beckett. Opened 'on Tuesday last' (i.e.9? Jan 1883). |
Refs: | Elevations & sections in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX; Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 25, no. 158, 13 Jan 1883, 42 (described); IB 25, 15 Jan 1883, 30. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, AILESBURY ROAD, NO. 053 (MYTILENE NOW FRENCH EMBASSY) |
Date: | 1885 |
Nature: | Built by George Bustard, eldest son of Ebenezer Bustard (d. 1882), of Belleville, Co. Donegal, and formerly of Louisville, Kentucky. |
Refs: |
Elevations & plans in album of designs by Jones in NLI; Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 90-100(illus.),217-220(illus.), (which wrongly identifies the client as Ebenezer Bustard); Charles E. Deusner, 'The Bustard family of Louisville, Kentucky, 1795-1871', Kentucky Ancestors 46, no. 2 (Winter, 2011), 70 (information kindly supplied by Pat O'Neill, Dublin, Mar 2012). |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MARLBOROUGH STREET, ST THOMAS'S PAROCHIAL HALL |
Date: | 1885-86 |
Nature: | New hall to accommodate 550 persons adjoining parish church of St Thomas; design 'as nearly as possible in keeping with the old church'. Contractor: Robert Farquharson. Cost: ca £1800. Plastering work by Hogan & Son. |
Refs: | IB 27, 15 Jun 1885, 182; 28, 1 Jun,1 Jul 1886, 169,200 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD SOUTH, CHURCH OF ST KEVIN (CI) |
Date: | 1886 |
Nature: | Entrant in limited competition, for Shannon Trustees. Thomas Drew's design selected |
Refs: | Plan & elevation in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX; IB 29, 1 Sep 1887, 252; see Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 134-145,278(illus). NB Reynolds wrongly concludes that the church was built to Jones's design |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH AVENUE (RATHMINES), CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: | 1886-87 |
Nature: | Almost entirely rebuilt: new N & S aisles, new roof, heating &c; pulpit and reading stand by C.W. Harrison. Contractor: J.P. Pile, Great Brunswick Street. Church reopened, 6 Apr 1887; intended vestry on S side of chancel not yet built for want of funds. (Subject of lawsuit, Jones v. Dobson, Jul 1887.) |
Refs: | Elevations, plans, details of pulpit & reading desk in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI, see Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 123-133(illus.), 271,277(illus.); Irish Times, 7 Apr, 20 Jul 1887; IB 29, 15 Apr 1887, 116; exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 294. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH AVENUE (RATHMINES), CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: | 1886-87 |
Nature: | Almost entirely rebuilt: new N & S aisles, new roof, heating &c; pulpit and reading stand by C.W. Harrison. Contractor: J.P. Pile, Great Brunswick Street. Church reopened, 6 Apr 1887; intended vestry on S side of chancel not yet built for want of funds. (Subject of lawsuit, Jones v. Dobson, Jul 1887.) |
Refs: | Elevations, plans, details of pulpit & reading desk in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI, see Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 123-133(illus.), 271,277(illus.); Irish Times, 7 Apr, 20 Jul 1887; IB 29, 15 Apr 1887, 116; exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 294. |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, MONKSTOWN, QUEEN'S PARK |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | AGJ involved in development of residential estate. |
Refs: | Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 81-85 |
Building: | ?, ?, STABLE |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Elevations, section, plan in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, AASLEAGH?, MANSE |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | For Rev. Clesham. One elevation titled as 'facing Killaries'. Perhaps for Rev. Timothy Clesham, C of I incumbent of Aasleagh, Co.Mayo, at the end of Killary Harbour on the Galway/Mayo border. |
Refs: | Elevations & plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. WEXFORD, RUSSELSTOWN (NEW ROSS) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Nash-like Italianate 2-storey villa and outbuildings for John Howlett. |
Refs: | Elevations & plans in Alfred Gresham Jones Album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | ?, ?, HOUSE |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Large 3-bay, 3-storey villa, for William Fry (i.e. Rosetta, Bullock, Dalkey?) |
Refs: | Elevations & plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | ?, ?, HOUSES (004) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Terrace of four houses with oriel windows, 3-storey over basement. |
Refs: | Elevations and plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, GOATSTOWN, MOUNT ANNVILLE ROAD, ARDILEA |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Gate lodge and gates, for J. Parkes. |
Refs: | Elevations, plan & section in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX; see Maoiliosa Reynolds, 'The Work of Alfred Gresham Jones', MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996, 222,(illus.)271,272(illus.) |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, METHODIST MANSE |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | 3-bay, 2-storey rendered house, with small yard to side. |
Refs: | Elevations & plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, HOUSE (ROCKFORT HOUSE?) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Detached Italianate 3-bay villa of one storey over basement, for Samuel McComas (i.e. Rockfort House, Dalkey?) |
Refs: | Elevations & plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, EARLSFORT TERRACE?, CIRCUS (PROPOSED) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | ?Designed as part of Earlfort Terrace exhibition palace complex. |
Refs: | Plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, INCHICORE, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Irregular block divided longitudinally to provide 2 semi-detached dwellings; tower at one end, oriel windows, red brick. |
Refs: | Elevations and plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, INCHICORE, WOLSELEY TESTIMONIAL (PROPOSED) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Castellated tower with spiky pinnacles proposed as testimonial to Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913), who was born at Golden Bridge House. |
Refs: | Elevations, section & plan in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LEESON PARK, HOUSE (PROPOSED) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Large 4-bay, 4-storey house, planned as one but capable of being split easily into two. For Marcus Moses. |
Refs: | Elevations & plans in Alfred Gresham Jones album, NLI 2006 TX |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Jones, Alfred | The Casino | 1930 | London, 1930. |
Reynolds, Maoiliosa | 'The work of Alfred Gresham Jones' | 1996 | MUBC thesis, School of Architecture, University College Dublin, 1996. |