Carroll & Batchelor

Carroll & Batchelor was an architectural partnership in Dublin, Ireland, formed by James Rawson Carroll and Frederick Batchelor around 1892. The firm is best known for its work on many of Dublin's Victorian era hospitals. The partnership lasted until Carroll retired from practice in 1905.[1]

Background

Carroll was originally from Scotland. He had worked as an apprentice under George Fowler Jones in the 1940s and was his assistant from around 1849 to around 1856. Carroll went on to work for John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon before going into independent practice around 1856. Carroll trained George Gilbert Alexander Andrew Irvine.[2][3]

Partnership

Carroll and Batchelor formed an architectural partnership around 1892.[4]

Other architects trained by Carroll and Batchelor include:

• Frederick George Hicks[5]
• Albert Walter Moore[6][7]
• John Knox Vinycomb[8]
• William Henry Ward[9]

Works

• Hardwicke Fever Hospital – new isolation hospital (1893)[10]
• Richmond Surgical Hospital – new red brick and terracotta hospital in the English Renaissance style (1899–1901)[11]
• Royal Hospital for Incurables (Royal Hospital Donnybook) – new nurses' home (ca. 1900)[12]
• Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital – new hospital (1902–1906)[13]
• St. Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital – new buildings for outpatients and 120 inpatients with "sanitary annexes"[14]
• St. Edmundsbury Hospital, Lucan – additions, alterations, repairs to roof (1902)[15]
• Whitworth Fever Hospital (Drumcondra Hospital) – addition of outermost blocks (ca. 1900)[16]

References

1. "Dictionary of Irish Architects". Retrieved 25 October 2020.
2. Goold, David. "Dictionary of Scottish Architects – DSA Architect Biography Report (December 2, 2016, 4:47 am)". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
3. Goold, David. "Dictionary of Scottish Architects – DSA Architect Biography Report (December 2, 2016, 4:47 am)". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
4. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CARROLL & BATCHELOR". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
5. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – HICKS, FREDERICK GEORGE". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
6. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – MOORE, ALBERT WALTER #". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
7. Brodie, Antonia; Library, British Architectural; Architects, Royal Institute of British (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834–1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z). A&C Black. ISBN 9780826455147. Retrieved 2 December 2016 – via Google Books.
8. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – vinycomb, john knox". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
9. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – WARD, WILLIAM HENRY". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
10. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BRUNSWICK STREET NORTH, HARDWICKE FEVER HOSPITAL". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
11. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BRUNSWICK STREET NORTH, RICHMOND SURGICAL HOSPITAL". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
12. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BLOOMFIELD AVENUE (DONNYBROOK), ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
13. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ADELAIDE ROAD, ROYAL VICTORIA EYE & EAR HOSPITAL". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
14. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LINCOLN PLACE, NO. 032, ST MARK'S OPTHALMIC [sic] HOSPITAL". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
15. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CO. DUBLIN, ST EDMUNDSBURY (LUCAN)". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
16. "Dictionary of Irish Architects – CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BRUNSWICK STREET NORTH, WHITWORTH HOSPITAL". Retrieved 2 December 2016.