Martin Day (architect)
Martin Day | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gallagh, County Wexford |
| Died | 1861 |
| Occupations | architect, builder[1] |
| Known for | architect and/or builder of many Church of Ireland churches |
Martin Day (died 1861) was an Irish architect and builder active in early to mid-nineteenth-century County Wexford and County Waterford, in the southeast of Ireland. He is credited with the only surviving example of Hindu-Gothic architecture in Ireland, the Dromana Gate, Villierstown.
Career
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He was related to architects John Day and William Day, both of County Wexford, and connected with Richard Purcell, who was possibly a relative. He was notable in designing several Church of Ireland churches for the Board of First Fruits and the Irish Ecclesiastical Commissioners between around 1822 and 1849.[1]
He assisted Daniel Robertson at Ballinkeele, Johnstown Castle, Bloomfield and Castleboro House in County Wexford.[1] At Castleboro House, drawings of the neo-palladian Porter's Lodge are signed by Day.[2]
Day is believed to have designed the only surviving example of Hindu-Gothic architecture in Ireland, the Dromana Gate at Dromana Estate near Villierstown, County Waterford. It was built around 1849, and replaced a temporary folly made of wood, canvas, and papier-mâché inspired by the North Gate at the Royal Pavilion that was erected for the wedding of Henry Villiers-Stuart and Theresia Pauline Ott.[3][4][5]
He designed without collaboration other country houses of less importance.[1][6] Day died in 1861.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 See Frederick O'Dwyer, "'Modelled Muscularity:' Daniel Robertson's Tudor mansions," Irish Arts Review Yearbook 15 (1999), 91. Cited in Irish Architectural Archive, Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940.DAY, MARTIN (Accessed 12 Oct 2010)
- ↑ "Porter's Lodge, Castleboro Estate, Co. Wexford" (PDF). www.stoneconservation.ie. June 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ Hedderman, Zara (21 June 2023). "How a papiér-maché tribute to a 19th century building became an unusual Irish landmark". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- 1 2 Murphy, Damian (2010). "Dromana Gate, DROMANA Td., County Waterford". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ Clerkin, Paul (19 March 2013). "1849 - Indian Gate, Dromana Estate, Villierstown, Co. Waterford - Architecture of Waterford". Archiseek.com. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ See also David Rowe & Eithne Scallan, Houses of Wexford (Ballinakella Press, 2004), no.484