Frederick Darley (architect)

Frederick Darley (1798–1872) was an Irish architect who designed and built a number of buildings in Dublin, including in Trinity College Dublin. He was also responsible for a number of civic and church buildings across Ireland.

Frederick Darley
Born	1798 (1798) Dublin, Ireland
Died	1872 (aged 73–74) Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
Nationality	Irish
Occupation	Architect
Relatives	Frederick Darley senior (father) Henry Darley (grandfather) Moses Darley (great grandfather) Hugh Darley (great granduncle)
Buildings	Merchants' Hall Trinity Church, Dublin Bethesda Chapel, Dublin (1840) Royal Irish Institution

He was the second son of 20 children of the builder and architect Frederick Darley Senior, and his father served as Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1808–1809. His mother was Elizabeth (Guinness) Darley, eldest daughter of Arthur Guinness of Beaumont, Dublin.^[1][2]

In 1833–1843, Darley was the Ecclesiastical Commissioners architect for the Church of Ireland Diocese of Dublin.^[3]

Frederick Darley junior was a pupil of Francis Johnston. Darley himself was succeeded by his pupil John McCurdy as architect to Trinity College Dublin.^[4]

Darley was a founding member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and lived on Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin.

Buildings designed by Darley

Carpenters' Asylum, Sean McDermott Street

• New Square, Trinity College Dublin.
• Carpenter's Asylum, 35 Seán McDermott Street (formerly Gloucester Street) (1832) ^[5]
• Merchants' Hall
• King's Inns Library, Henrietta Street, Dublin^[6]
• Trinity Church, Dublin, which became The Exchange, on Gardiner Street.
• Bethesda Chapel, Dublin, former Church of Ireland church on Dorset Street (1840 rebuild) (demolished).^[7]
• Royal Irish Institution, College Street, Dublin (demolished 1866)^[8]