Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, NO. 111, SUGAR REFINERY (BEWLEY, MOSS & CO.)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: DARBYSHIRE, ALFRED #
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, NO. 111, SUGAR REFINERY (BEWLEY, MOSS & CO.)
Date: 1862-64
Nature: New 8-storey, 130ft high building.  Early rolled-steel joist structure. Engineering consultant: Sir William Fairbairn. Estimated cost of Bolton's tender, £9,000, but according to Irish Times, 7 Jun 1890, total cost was £67,000. (Premises enlarged and converted into distillery, 1890.)
Refs: IAA, PKS B02/09, A03 (Feb 1863, p.48v) (for valuation of property, 1889, see PKS B23/09); DB 5, 1 Jun 1863, 98; William Fairbairn, On the Application of Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes (3rd edition, 1864), ?; Alfred Darbyshire, An Architect's Experiences: Professional, Artistic and Theatrical (1897), 65-68; Jeremy Williams, A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921, 144;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 461-2.

Name: FAIRBAIRN, WILLIAM (SIR) #
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PEARSE STREET, NO. 111, SUGAR REFINERY (BEWLEY, MOSS & CO.)
Date: 1862-64
Nature: WF consultant for building designed by Alfred Darbyshire. Suggested use of wrought iron beams.
Refs: William Fairbairn, Applications of Cast and Wrought Iron for Building Purposes (3rd ed., 1864), ?; Alfred Darbyshire, An Architects's Experiences: Professional, Artistic and Theatrical (1897), 65-68.