A/A 7337 Cornell llntuersitg TLiftranj OF THE College of architecture J9„t:.„*.lS.. 1076 The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924015372166 PRICE £1 10s. GEORGIAN MANSIONS IN IRELAND W^ith Some Account of the Evolution of Georgian Architecture and Decoration BY THOMAS U. SADLEIR, MA., M.R.IA. BARRISTER-AT-LAW ; HON. EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL OF THE COUNTY KILDARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY ; AND MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL COMMITTEE OF THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY AND PAGE L. DICKINSON MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS OF IRELAND ; AND JOINT SECRETARY OF THE GEORGIAN SOCIETY PRINTED FOR THE AUTHORS AT THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY PRESS BY PONSONBY & GIBBS 1915 A E.V- Jvc.*ns" CONTENTS PAGE List of Subscribers, .... vii Preface, ..... xiii List of Plates and of Illustrations in Text, xvii GEORGIAN MANSIONS Chapter I. Evolution and Development of Georgian Architecture, LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS Her Majesty The Queen, Buckingham Palace. The Benchers of the King's Inns, Henrietta Her Excellency The Countess of Aberdeen (per Street, Dublin. Hodges & Figgis). Mrs, R. H. Beresford, Tivoli, Cappoquin. E. G. Allen & Son, 12 Grape Street, Shaftesbury Richard Berridge, Ballynahinch Castle, Co. Avenue, London. Galway. Mrs. Archer, 4 Elton Park, Sandycove. Henry F. Berry, LITT.D., 51 Waterloo' Road, Harold Archer, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Dublin. The Lady Ardilaun, St. Anne's, Clontarf. Right Hon. Augustine Birrell, P.C., Irish E. C. R. Armstrong, F.S.A., 73 Park Road, Office. Sandymount. Major V. Blake, Gortnamona, Killiney. Sir Walter Armstrong, 63 Carlisle Mansions, Boardof Education, Victoriaand AlbertMuseum, London, S.W. South Kensington. H. B. Armstrong, D.L., Dean's Hill, Armagh. Mrs. Bomford, 50 North Great George's Street, Sir John Arnott, Bart., 12 Merrion Square, Dublin. [2 copies.] Dublin. Chas. T. 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