Pearce, Sir Edward Lovett
Pearce, Sir Edward Lovett (d. 1733), architect and surveyor, was probably born in the late 1690s. His father was Major-general Edward Pearce (d. 1715) of Witlingham, Norfolk, and Dublin, who was a brother of Major-general Thomas Pearce (d. 1739), and a first cousin of Sir John…...
Pollen, John Hungerford
Pollen, John Hungerford (1820–1902), architect, artist, and author, was born 19 November 1820 in London, second son of Richard Pollen, barrister, and his wife Anne, daughter of Samuel Pepys Cockerell. Educated at Durham House (1829–33) and Eton (1833–8), in May 1838 he…...
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812–52), architect, designer, and architectural theorist, was born 1 March 1812 in Keppel St., Russell Square, London, only child of Augustus Charles Pugin, an architectural draughtsperson who emigrated to England from France, and Catherine Pugin…...
Pugin, Edward Welby
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Pynnar, Nicholas
Pynnar, Nicholas (fl. 1600–44?), surveyor and director general of the fortifications in Ireland, first came to Ireland from the Netherlands in May 1600 as a captain of foot in the army that Sir…...
Roberts, John
Roberts, John (1712–96), architect, was born in Waterford city, son of Thomas Roberts (d. 1775), an architect and builder of Welsh extraction, and Sarah Roberts (née Bowles), both of Waterford. His mother died young, leaving him and his three sisters to the care of their father,…...
Robertson, Manning Durdin
Robertson, Manning Durdin (1887–1945), urban planner and architect, was born 29 May 1887 in London, eldest of three sons and two daughters of Herbert Robertson, barrister and later MP for South Hackney (1896–1906) and his wife Helen Alexandra Melian, daughter of Alexander Durdin,…...
Robinson, Andrew
Robinson, Andrew (1858–1929), architect and civil servant, was born 17 February 1858 in Co. Antrim, youngest son of George Robinson of Ballytweedy, Muchamore, Co. Antrim. He received his primary education in Co. Antrim but later studied in Belfast in hopes of pursuing a degree in…...
Robinson, John Joseph
Robinson, John Joseph (1887–1965), architect, was born 17 October 1887 at ‘Rathruadh’, Marlborough Rd, Glenageary, Co. Dublin, son of John Loftus Robinson, architect (see below), and Mary Josephine Robinson (née Ryan). Shortly before John Joseph's seventh birthday, his father died…...
Robinson, John Loftus
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Robinson, Sir William
Robinson, Sir William (1644–1712), architect and politician, was baptised on 18 May 1644, son of Walter Robinson, of a Yorkshire family. His youth was supposedly spent working in a kitchen, but his early life remains largely obscure. Probably trained in England, he came to Ireland…...
Robson, Christopher (‘Chris’)
Robson, Christopher (‘Chris’) (1941–2013), architect and activist, was born on 29 January 1941 in Dublin, one of three children (two boys and a girl) of Harry Stanley Robson (1909–2003), an English architect working at the Office of Public Works (OPW), and his Irish wife Anne (née…...
Rogers, James Edward
Rogers, James Edward (1838–96), architect and artist, was born in Dublin, son of James Rogers, QC. Educated at Guildford grammar school in Surrey, England, he entered TCD to study arts in 1855. While still…...
Scott, Michael
Scott, Michael (1905–89), architect, was born 24 June 1905 in Drogheda, Co. Louth, second child among two sons and two daughters of William Scott, a school principal and later schools inspector from Co. Kerry, and Hilda Scott (née Daly), native of Cork city. In his childhood the family…...
Scott, Patrick
Scott, Patrick (1921–2014), artist, was born Percy Smyth Scott on 24 January 1921 in Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, to Percy Smyth Scott, a gentleman farmer, and his wife Eileen (née Tusker), daughter of an agent of the Bank of Ireland. He was the youngest of four children (two girls and two…...
Scott, William Alphonsus
Scott, William Alphonsus (1871–1921), architect, was born 1 September 1871 in 19 Aughrim St., Dublin, eldest son of Anthony Scott (1845–1919), architect, and Kate Scott (née Hayes). Anthony Scott was clerk of works to Thomas Newenham Deane (qv),…...
Semple, George
Semple, George (c.1700–82), architect, engineer, and building contractor, was born in Dublin, son of a workman; nothing more is known of his family background. Admitted a freeman of the city of Dublin (1735), he served an apprenticeship as a bricklayer; his earliest known work…...
Semple, John
Semple, John (1801–82), architect, was born in Dublin, the eldest son of John Semple (1763–1840) engineer and architect. As tradesmen, builders, engineers, and architects the Semple family formed a ubiquitous presence in Georgian Dublin. …...
Sherrard, Thomas
Sherrard, Thomas (c.1750–1837), surveyor and planner, was born to parents whose names are not known, but he was related to a William and David Sherrard, merchants in Dublin, and possibly to Sherrards in Drogheda, Co. Louth. The family name is commoner in the north of…...
Simms, Herbert George
Simms, Herbert George (1898–1948), architect, was born on 30 November 1898 in London, the eldest of at least six children (five sons and one daughter) of George William Simms, train driver and former shepherd, of Fawley, Buckinghamshire, and his wife Nellie (née Worster) of Hemel…...
Smyth, John
Smyth, John (d. 1775), architect and designer, was active in Dublin from 1758 to his death. His first recorded work was St Thomas's church, Marlborough St., Dublin (1758). The attribution to Smyth is confirmed by the Dublin Gazette of 23–6 September 1758, which states…...
Sproule, Samuel
Sproule, Samuel (c.1745–c.1826), architect, property developer, and government spy, was probably born in Dublin but had strong familial connections with Ulster; nothing else is known of his parents. He was a direct descendant of the Sproule family that settled in…...
Stephenson, Samuel Francis ('Sam')
Stephenson, Samuel Francis ('Sam') (1933–2006), architect, was born 15 December 1933 at 80 Manor Street, Dublin, youngest among five sons of…...
Strain, Alexander
Strain, Alexander (c.1877–1943), Dublin builder and property developer, was born in Markethill, Co. Armagh, eldest son of Robert Douglas Strain, builder, and his wife Margaret (née McFadden). Alexander moved to Dublin in 1893 and initially worked for a timber dealer in…...
Street, George Edmund
Street, George Edmund (1824–81), architect, was born 20 June 1824 at Woodford, Essex, England, third son of Thomas Street, solicitor, of Brabant Court, Philpot Lane, London, and his second wife, Mary Anne Street (née Millington). Educated at schools in Mitcham and Camberwell, he…...