John Hargrave (architect)

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John Hargrave ({{circa|1788}}−1833) was an Irish architect who was active mainly in Ireland in the early 19th century.{{cite web| url= https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/817/HARGRAVE%2C+JOHN#tab_biography |publisher= Irish Architectural Archive | work= Dictionary of Irish Architects | title= Hargrave, John - Biography | accessdate= 1 March 2021 }} Born in Cork {{circa|1788}}, Hargrave was the third son of architect Abraham Addison Hargrave (1755−1808).{{cite web|url= http://www.dia.ie/architects/view/815/HARGRAVE-ABRAHAMADDISON%5B1%5D |publisher= Irish Architectural Archive | work= Dictionary of Irish Architects | title= Hargrave, Abraham Addison - Biography | accessdate= 1 March 2021 }}

John Hargrave was responsible for the design of a number of manor houses in Ireland, including Castle Forbes ({{circa|1819}}), Doory Hall ({{circa|1820}}), Drenagh ({{circa|1825}}), and Favour Royal (1825).{{cite web|url= https://archiseek.com/2015/favour-royal-co-tyrone/ |publisher= Archiseek | accessdate= 1 March 2021 |title = Favour Royal, Co. Tyrone (1825) |date= 31 December 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LF®no=13402327|title=Doory Hall, Corrabola (Shrule BY.), Longford |publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie |accessdate=2014-07-15}}{{cite web|url= https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/817/HARGRAVE%2C+JOHN#tab_works |publisher= Irish Architectural Archive | work= Dictionary of Irish Architects | title= Hargrave, John - Works | accessdate= 17 August 2016}} A number of churches, gaols and courthouses are also attributed to him, including Omagh Courthouse (1814) and Mullingar Courthouse (1828).{{cite web|url = https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top-stories/mullingar-courthouse-reopens-with-a-flourish--and-a-bill-for-14m/ | publisher = Law Society of Ireland | website = lawsociety.ie | title = Mullingar courthouse reopened by Chief Justice | date = 23 November 2018 | accessdate = 1 March 2021 }} His architectural practice had an office on Talbot Street in Dublin.

Several other members of Hargave's family were also involved in architecture and construction, including his brother Abraham Addison Hargrave (d.1838).

John Hargrave died, along with his wife and children, in a yachting accident in Cardigan Bay on 30 August 1833.