WARE, ISAAC #

Architect, of London, for whom see Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008).   James, 20th Earl of Kildare, consulted Isaac Ware during the 1750s, probably through the intermediacy of Henry Fox, former surveyor general of works and, from 1757 to 1765, paymaster-general, who was married to the countess's sister Georgina.  For the earl Ware designed the bridge at Carton, published in his Complete Body of Architecture (1756), Pls. 110-11, and executed in a slightly less embellished form after his death, and decorative schemes for a number of the interiors at Leinster House in Dublin circa 1759.   Unsigned and undated drawings for the latter, now in the Irish Architectural Archive (Guinness drawings collection, acc. 96/68) have been attributed to Ware by David Griffin;(1)  some of them are annotated with comments made by 'Mr Fox'.

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(1) David J. Griffin & Caroline. Pegum, Leinster House (Dublin: IAA & OPW, 2000), 3,30-61(illus.).

3 work entries listed in chronological order for WARE, ISAAC #

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Building:	CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, LEINSTER HOUSE
Date:	1759c
Nature:	Completion of staircase, supper room, gallery, saloon, drawing room, Lady Kildare's bedchamber.
Refs:	12 unsigned, undated designs in IAA, Guinness drawings collection, Acc. 96/68, 1/3; David J. Griffin, 'Leinster House and Isaac Ware' in Agnes Bernelle, ed., Decantations: a tribute to Maurice Craig (Dublin, 1992), 60-7; David J. Griffin & Caroline. Pegum, Leinster House (Dublin: IAA & OPW, 2000), 3,30-61(illus.);  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 501-3.

Building:	CO. KILDARE, CARTON
Date:	1762
Nature:	Designs for proposed rebuilding of central block.
Refs:	Elevations and ground-floor plan  in IAA, Guinness Collection, Acc. 96/068.2/2/2,3;  plans and sections in collection of Patrick Guinness, which also contains 2 ground plans by Marquess of Kildare (later 1st Duke of Leinster) relating to the rebuilding project; see David Griffin. 'Carton and Isaac Ware', Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Society 18 (1994-95), 163-175(illus.).

Building:	CO. KILDARE, CARTON
Date:	1767
Nature:	New bridge, for James, 20th Earl of Kildare, based on design in Ware's Complete Body of Architecture (1756) but  built  in less embellished form in 1767 after Kildare had been raised to Dukedom.
Refs:	Isaac Ware, A Complete Body of Architecture (1756), Pls. 110-111;  copy of this engraving and related drawing in IAA. Guinness Collection, Acc. 96/068,.2/2/4,5.