John McCurdy (1824 – 12 September 1885) was an Irish architect. He received his professional training in the office of Frederick Darley, architect to

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

. He succeeded Benjamin Holebrook as clerk of works at Trinity College in 1850. Shortly afterwards he became the official college architect, a post which he retained until his death. In 1872 he formed an architectural partnership with William Mansfield Mitchell, which was dissolved in 1882.''Irish Builder'', 8 September 1956 He was a member of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

and was president for the last ten years of his life of the

Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) () founded in 1839, is the "competent authority for architects and professional body for Architecture in Ireland." The RIAI's purpose is "to uphold the highest standards in architecture a ...

. He was a member of the

Grand Lodge of Ireland The Grand Lodge of Ireland is the second most senior Grand Lodge of Freemasons in the world, and the oldest in continuous existence. Since no specific record of its foundation exists, 1725 is the year celebrated in Grand Lodge anniversaries, as ...

(Freemasons) and designed the Masonic Female Orphan School of Ireland (now a hotel) which opened in 1882 as well as the

Shelbourne Hotel The Shelbourne Hotel is a historic hotel in Dublin, Ireland, situated in a landmark building on the north side of St Stephen's Green. Currently owned by Archer Hotel Capital and operated by Marriott International, the hotel has 265 rooms in tot ...

Bibliography

* M. Daly, M. Hearn & P. Pearson, ''Dublin's Victorian Houses'' (1998), pp. 160–161.

References

1824 births 1885 deaths Architects from Dublin (city) 19th-century Irish architects Irish Freemasons {{Ireland-architect-stub