Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN HOUSE

Name: WYATT, LEWIS WILLIAM #
Building: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN HOUSE
Date: 1824
Nature: Proposed alts. & adds. for James Thomas, Viscount Stopford (later 4th Earl of Courtown, who m. in 1822 his cousin Charlotte Albinia, daughter of Charles 4th Duke of Buccleuch).
Refs: Drawings, s. & d. L. Wyatt, January 1824 in collection of Dr Denis Molumby, 1984 (photographs in IAA;  sold Sotheby's, 27-28 Apr 1988, Lot 560, illus.).

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN HOUSE
Date: 1841
Nature: Did GW do work on the house? (Henry Scott Stopford, the owner, succeeded to the property in 1841.)
Refs: Signed plan, dated 1841, in collection of drawings, chiefly of Irish antiquities, which belonged to GW, now in NLI.

Name: KELLY, JOHN [4]*
Building: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN HOUSE
Date: 1864-1865
Nature: Proposed alts. & adds.for 5th Earl of Courtown These appear to have been executed and then improved upon by William Burn. Was Kelly clerk of works or builder for Burn's work?
Refs: Plans, elevations, signed & dated 1864-1865 in collection of Dr Denis Molumby, Wexford (photographs in IAA); for sale at auction, Fonsie Mealy, Castlecomer, 10 Dec 2019, Lot 543.

Name: BURN, WILLIAM #
Building: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN HOUSE
Date: 1865-67
Nature: Alts. & adds, which appear to be improvements to executed designs for same by John Kelly, Gorey. .For James George Henry, 5th Earl of Courtown. Was Kelly also the builder or clerk of works for the Burn improvements?
Refs: Signed plans, details &c. dated 1865,1867,1868 in collection of Dr Denis Molumby, Wexford.

Name: WYATT, JAMES #
Building: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN HOUSE
Date: ?
Nature: JW may have produced unexecuted design for same.
Refs: 'Plan for Lord Courtown' in album associated with Wyatt bought by Vicomte de Noailles in Paris, 1947; Country Life 102, 5 Dec 1947, 1156'; 104. 2 Jul 1948, 24