John Nash (architect) - Work in Ireland

Work in Ireland

• Swiss cottage, Cahir

• Shanbally Castle

• House for Countess Shannon, County Cork. 1796. Unbuilt.
• Ballindoon House (c.1800) Kingsborough, Derry, County Sligo for Stafford-King-Harmon family. House and stable block.
• Killymoon Castle, near Cookstown, County Tyrone, (1801-7)* . Castle originally built in 1671. Rebuilt in Norman style by Nash for Col. William Stewart at an alleged cost of £80,000. Now well maintained as home of the Coulter family. The parkland is now used as a golf course.
• Lissan Rectory, County Londonderry. 1807. Italianate Villa.
• Kilwaughter Castle, Larne, County Antrim. (1807). New castillated mansion built for E.J. Agnew incorporating an earlier house. Demolished 1951.
• Caledon House, County Tyrone, (1808–10) for Earl of Caledon. Enlargement and embellishment of an earlier house ( 1779) by Thomas Cooley with two single storey domed wings connected by a colonnade of coupled Ionic columns. Nash redecorated the oval drawing room.
• Aras an Uachtarain, Phoenix Park, Dublin. (Former Vice-Regal Lodge, now President's residence) 1808. Entrance lodges only.
• St John's Church Caledon, Count Tyrone (1808). Alterations including timber spire. Spire replaced in stone to same design 1830.
• St. Paul's Church of Ireland church in Cahir, South Tipperary.1816-1818. Cruciform plan. Allegedly Nash's best Gothic revival church.
• Rockingham House, Boyle, County Roscommon (1810). Originally two storey with curved central bow, fronted by a semi-circular Ionic colonnade, and surmounted by a dome. Built for the King Harmon family. Extra floor added by others. Burnt in fire 1957. Subsequently demolished. Parkland now a public park and amenity.
• Rockingham lakeside gazebo.
• Rockingham Gothic Chapel. Roofless.
• Rockingham Castle. Nash may have contributed to picturesque island castle ruin.
• Swiss cottage, Cahir County Tipperary.(1810–14) Cottage ornée.
• City Gaol, Limerick City, County Limerick. 1811-1814. New Gaol.
• Lough Cutra Castle, Gort, County Galway(1811–1817) . Built for Charles Vereker subsequently Viscount Gort.
• Shane's Castle (1812–16). Alterations to 17th.century castle for 1st. Earl O'Neill consisting lakeside terrace, and battlemented conservatory with round headed windows, watch-tower and look-out. Burnt down 1816 before Nash's plans were completed and abandoned.
• Burne Lodge. Crawfordsburn House, Co. Down. 1812. 2 storey gate lodge with octagonal room at first floor level.
• Shanbally Castle, near Clogheen, South Tipperary (1818–19). Built for Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st. Viscount Lismore.Largest of Nash's Irish Castles. Has similarities with Luscombe Castle, Devon. Demolished and dynamited 1960.
• Gracefield Lodge, County Laois, for Mrs. Kavanagh. 1817.
• Erasmus Smith School, Cahir, County Tipperary. 1818.
• Tynan Abbey, Tynan, County Armagh. 1820. Remodelled in Tudor gothick style for Sir James Stronge. gutted by fire 1980. Drawings destroyed after being photographed.
• St. Laurence Church of Ireland, Derryloran Parish. 1822. Cost £2,769.4s.71/2d. Early English style. Rebuilt 1859-61.
• Woodpark Lodge, Co. Armagh. Alterations. 1830's.
• St. Beaidh church, Ardcarne, Co.Roscommon. Alterations including tower which was an eyecatcher to Rockingham House.
• Somerset House, Coleraine for Mr. Richardson. Date not known. Unexecuted.
• Mountain Lodge, Co. Tipperary for Viscount Lismore. Date not known. Now in use as youth hostel.
• Castle Leslie, County Monaghan. Date not known. Gateways and gate lodge.
• 80-82 Chapel Street, Cookstown, County Tyrone. Dower house to Killymoon. Date not known.
• Finaghy House, Belfast, Co. Armagh. Gatelodge. Date not known.
• Quaker Meering House, Branch Road, Tramore, County Waterford. 1869.