Selected: CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COUNTY GAOL (NEW)
| Name: | REID, ROBERT # |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COUNTY GAOL (NEW) |
| Date: | 1820-24 |
| Nature: | RR's plans approved by Grand Jury, 1820, by Lord Lieutenant, 1823, and by F. Johnston, 1824. Apparently built under supervision of John Lynn, q.v. |
| Refs: |
NA/SPO CSORP 1823/6726 and 1827/1956 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); plans by RR, 1820, in PRONI, D2992/B/2A-D, also letter from Matthew Forde to Lord Downshire, Jan 1824, about RR's remuneration for same, D671/C/12/286 (see PRONI e-catalogue). |
| Name: | LYNN, JOHN [1] |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COUNTY GAOL (NEW) |
| Date: | 1824-1831 |
| Nature: | Described as 'now erecting on a very extensive Plan, by Mr John Lynn, the builder of Sligo Gaol'. See also letter from Rev. J.R. Moore, 10 Nov 1840: 'I cannot refer you to any person who has experience in the quarrying business, except to Mr. Lynn the architect of the County Prison which has been built at a cost of £73,000 from the quarries of Newcastle.' JL was probably the supervising architect, see Dunleath, Rankin & Rown. |
| Refs: | Letter from Rev. J.R. Moore, Castlewellan, to W. Freeman, Haytor Mining Co., London, in PRONI 10 Nov 1839, in PRONI, D1854/6/1 (see PRONI e-catalogue); MS Joly 12, p. 72; E.M. Jope, ed., An Archaeological Survey of County Down (HMSO, 1966), 401,pl.192; D. Dunleath, P.J. Rankin, A. Rowan, Downpatrick (UAHS, 1970), 17(illus.),31; Gordon Wheeler, 'John Lynn - Architect/Contractor/Engineer', Lecale Miscellany (1997), 28-31(illus.) |
| Name: | SMYTH, HENRY |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, COUNTY GAOL (NEW) |
| Date: | 1853 |
| Nature: | HS makes plans for extensions. |
| Refs: | Signed volume, 20 Dec 1853, containing 7 drawings of proposed extension to gaol including 2nd and 3rd floor plans, section, ground plan, elevations, and details of roof and air-conditioning system in PRONI, D2992/B/3 (see PRONI e-catalogue); |