Celebrating Sir Edward
Lovett Pearce
Edward Lovett Pearce (1699-1733)
is regarded as Ireland’s foremost neo-Palladian architect. His best-known buildings include
Parliament House in College
Green, Dublin, now the Bank of Ireland, and the Obelisk and Grotto, both in
Stillorgan.
He lived in The Grove, a house on
the estate of Viscount Allen in Stillorgan.
Thursday
11 April 2013 at 8 pm in Glenalbyn Sports Club
Illustrated
talk by Pat Sheridan on Pearce’s life and work
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Thursday
18 April 2013 at 6pm in Stillorgan
Library
Launch of exhibition by An Cathaoirleach
of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Cllr. Tom Joyce
Exhibition will run until mid
June 2013
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Saturday
20 April 2013 – Seminar
9am to 1pm in Stillorgan Park Hotel
9.15 Introduction
and welcome by Chairman, Tim Carey, Heritage Officer,
Dún
Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
9.30 Pearce and Palladio
Christine
Casey, Department of History of Art, Trinity College Dublin
10.15 Edward
Lovett Pearce: what kind of classicist was he?
Eddie
McParland, Department of History of Art, Trinity College Dublin
11.00 Tea / Coffee
11.30 The Ornamental Garden Buildings of Sir
Edward Lovett Pearce
James
Howley, Conservation Architect
12.15 Closing remarks
Places at the
seminar are limited and must be booked in advance
Contact us at stillorganlocalhistory@gmail.com or at 087-2895653