Women, architecture and building in the east of Ireland, c.1790-1840 / Ruth Thorpe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorpe, Ruth.

Series:

Maynooth studies in local history ; no. 110.

Maynooth studies in local history ; number 110

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women architects--Ireland.

Women architects.

Buildings--Ireland.

Buildings.

Architecture.

History.

Ireland.

Architecture--Ireland--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

67 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, [2013]

Summary:

Until the 20th century, the world of architecture and building was considered a male domain, but long before this, women of the landed class in Ireland were designing, commissioning and supervising projects. Focusing on several women in the eastern counties, this study discovers how they came to develop an interest in architecture and the skills to express it. It investigates the relationship between architectural the publication of an architectural pattern book by Lady Helena Domvile and her re-building of Santry village. Co, Dublin. We trace the fortunes of Anna Maria Dawson through her architectural sketches, from the planning of her brother's neo-Classical house, Townley Hall, Co. Louth, to her patronage its architect Francis Johnston, and her own designs for more modest homes in counties Armagh and Down. Many elite women combined a sense of moral, social and religious duty with a passion for designing and building, resulting in philanthropic projects such as schools, cottages and almshouses. Recovering their lives and the buildings of this period. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Townley Balfours 11

2 The cottage ornée 28

3 Publishing and the picturesque 36

4 Building and benevolence 50.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1846824001

9781846824005

OCLC:

827974014