Thomas Ivory (Irish architect)

Thomas Ivory (died 1786) was an Irish architect, one of the significant figures in the building of Georgian Dublin.

He held the post till his death, and among his pupils were Henry Aaron Baker, James Hoban and Martin Archer Shee.

[2] In 1765, Ivory prepared designs and an estimate for additional buildings to the Royal Dublin Society premises in Shaw's Court, but these were not executed.

[2] Ivory designed Lord Newcomen's bank, built in 1781, at the corner of Castle Street and Cork Hill; it later became a public health office.

[2] In the board-room of the King's Hospital was a picture (assigned to 1775 and John Trotter) said to represent Ivory and eight others sitting at or standing round a table on which are spread plans of the new building.

Engraving after Thomas Ivory, competition entry (1772) for the Blue Coat School, Dublin
Blue Coat School, Dublin, by Thomas Ivory, photograph from the end of the nineteenth century, before the unfinished cupola had been demolished. The building now houses the Law Society of Ireland