A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 266
fora competition for the Royal Exchange in Dublin in 1769, andthe first prize for the new Bethlehem Asylum in 1776, butin both cases his private interest was not sufficient to securehim the work. He had, however, powerful friends, and throughLord Carlow he was employed to design the new Custom… … CHAP. XI] GANDON 207 high tide, water was found two feet below the surface, and whenGandon began pile-driving for his footings, water showed roundthe trial pile, and he had to substitute planking. Besides thesenatural obstacles, he had to contend with a very obstinate cor-poration, who began by…
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