Daniel Robertson (died 1849) was a British architect.

Career

Robertson may have worked under

Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (architect), William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and train ...

in London, England; later he worked at

Kew Kew () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is ...

and

Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...

. Robertson was an early exponent of the Norman Revival, designing both St Clement's Church, OxfordSherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 291 and St Swithun's parish church in Kennington, BerkshirePevsner, 1966, page 259 (now in

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

) in this style as early as 1828. Robertson then moved to

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

, where he had considerable success and carried out commissions for notable country houses particularly in the southeastern part of the country. His work was in both the

Neoclassical style Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassici ...

and then in the

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

style of the 1830s with which he may be most associated.

Works

Robertson's buildings include: *

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is Colleges of the University of Oxford, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title for ...

: west range of St. Mary's Quad, 1826 *

Wadham College, Oxford Wadham College ( ) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street, Oxford, Broad Street and Parks Road ...

: fireplace in hall, 1826 *

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, Oxford, 1826-30Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 274 *St. Clement's parish church, Oxford, 1828 *St. Swithun's parish church, Kennington, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), 1828 * St. Matthais' Church, Hatch Street, Dublin, 1842. *Ballinkeele House (home of the Maher family) *Bloomfield Castle in

County Wexford County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...

*Carrigglas Manor in

County Longford County Longford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the Local government in the Republic ...

(owned by Thomas Langlois Lefroy, Chief Justice of Ireland from 1852 to 1866)) * Castleboro House (home of the Carew family) * Dunleckney Manor in

County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county located in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region of Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Carlow is the List of Irish counties by area, second smallest and t ...

(seat of the Bagenal and Newton families) * Lisnavagh House, in

(seat of the McClintock-Bunbury family, Baron Rathdonnell) * Johnstown Castle in Co. Wexford (home of the Grogan Morgan family) *Wilton Castle in Co. Wexford (home of the Alcock family) * Wells House, Wells, Gorey Co. Wexford. In addition to numerous major country house commissions, Robertson was also particularly noted as a landscape designer. His greatest accomplishments in that field were at Powerscourt and Killruddery, both of which capture long-distance views of the

Great Sugar Loaf Great Sugar Loaf () at , is the 404th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, however, being below 600 m it does not rank on the Vandeleur-Lynam or Hewitt scales.Mountainviews, (September 2013), "A Guide to Ireland's Mountain Summits: ...

mountain in

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces ...

. Wells House also has plans of the gardens designed there by Daniel Robertson.

References

Sources and further reading

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External links

Documentation of some of Robertson's work

Architects who worked in Carlow
Year of birth missing 1849 deaths Architects from London English ecclesiastical architects {{UK-architect-stub