Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, BISHOP STREET, BISHOP'S PALACE (CI)

Name: IVORY, THOMAS
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, BISHOP STREET, BISHOP'S PALACE (CI)
Date: 1777
Nature: Plans and elevations for 'a house at Bishops Court designed for the Rt. Rev Lord Bishop of Cork [Isaac Mann], 1777, by Thomas Ivory, architect' formerly in 'large quarto volume' in PRO, Dublin.(Webster)
Refs: Charles A. Webster, The Diocese of Cork (1920), 183n

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. CORK, CORK, BISHOP STREET, BISHOP'S PALACE (CI)
Date: 1782-1786
Nature: New residence for bishop to replace former dilapidated one. 3-storey block with fanlighted doorway. Carpenter's agreement dated 8 Apr 1782. Completely finished and fit for residence, 30 May 1786.
Refs: MS 'Cork, Cloyne & Ross, extracts from PRO' in RCB Library, (G 6)