Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

'J.W.L.', of London, was a short-listed entrant in the Dublin Royal Exchange competition of 1768-9.(1) Writing to JAMES GANDON  JAMES GANDON from Dublin in 1769 about the progress of the competition, Joseph Dean Bourke expressed the view that of all the entries 'the three best should be Gandon, Stephens, and J.W.L., which letters, I am informed is Wright or Wrighton, lately returned from Rome'; J.W.L.'s design, he added, 'really, has great merit'.(2) Wright or Wrighton has not been identified.



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(1) B 27, 2 Oct 1869, 781.
(2) T.S. Mulvany, ed., The Life of James Gandon (1846), 31-32


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Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CORK HILL, ROYAL EXCHANGE
Date: 1768-69
Nature: Shortlisted competition entrant.
Refs: T.S. Mulvany, ed., The Life of James Gandon (1846), 31-32; B 27, 2 Oct 1869, 781.