# Hugh Darley

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**Hugh Darley** (1701–1771) was an 18th-century Irish architect and stonecutter who is most notable for his work as builder, stonecutter, supplier and architect on various buildings and projects in the [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin) campus.

## History

The third son of Henry Darley, a stonecutter and quarry owner of [Newtownards](/source/Newtownards), [County Down](/source/County_Down), he had moved to [Dublin](/source/Dublin) by 1725 where he is recorded as working on buildings at [Bachelor's Walk](/source/Bachelors_Walk,_Dublin).[1] He is also recorded as working at various times in counties [Westmeath](/source/Westmeath), [Antrim](/source/County_Antrim), [Down](/source/County_Down) and [Louth](/source/County_Louth).

He was living at 10 [Lower Abbey Street](/source/Abbey_Street), 1761–1763 and later at [Marlborough Street](/source/Marlborough_Street,_Dublin), 1764–1771.

His immediate family included elder brothers Moses Darley (died 1754) and Arthur Darley (1692–1742) who were also both involved in the building trade while his great-grandnephew was the architect [Frederick Darley](/source/Frederick_Darley_(architect)) and another grandnephew was the poet [George Darley](/source/George_Darley).[2][3] His son John (born 1731) became collector of customs at [Newry](/source/Newry).

Over the course of two centuries, the extended Darley family were particularly heavily involved in the provision of stone and building services to [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin).[4][5] In the 1750s, Darley is recorded as employing over 100 men on college related building works alone.[6]

He appears to have owned the quarries at [Ardbraccan](/source/Ardbraccan) (limestone) for a period as well as at [Golden Hill](/source/Golden_Hill_quarry) (granite) near the village of [Kilbride, County Wicklow](/source/Kilbride,_County_Wicklow).[7]

For a period, [Edward Smyth](/source/Edward_Smyth_(sculptor)) was apprenticed to Darley who recommended him to work with [James Gandon](/source/James_Gandon).[8]

## Notable building projects

- Trinity College Dublin, west front (1752-59) as builder and superintendent[9][10]
- [St. Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda](/source/St._Peter's_Church_of_Ireland,_Drogheda) (1748) as architect[11]
- Old [Four Courts](/source/Four_Courts), St Micahel's Hill (1749) as stonecutter
- [Provost's House, Trinity College Dublin](/source/Provost's_House,_Trinity_College_Dublin) (1759) as builder
- Trinity College Dublin - rebuilding of Dining Hall (1760) after its collapse
- [Mayoralty House, Drogheda](/source/Mayoralty_House,_Drogheda) (1769)[12][13] - as architect and superintendent

## References

1. ["Hugh Darley"](https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/1384/DARLEY-HUGH%2A). *www.dia.ie*. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. Abbott, Claude Colleer (1967). [*The Life and Letters of George Darley, Poet and Critic*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KsA-AAAAIAAJ&q=%22hugh+darley%22). Clarendon P. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

1. ["Darley Collection"](https://www.ria.ie/collections/prints-drawings-and-artefacts/darley-collection/). *Royal Irish Academy*. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. ["CRAFTVALUE masons"](https://craftvalue.org/masons/). *CRAFTVALUE*. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. Mahaffy, J. P. (1910). ["NOTES ON THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF TRINITY COLLEGE. Who built the West Front of Trinity College?"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23037017). *Hermathena*. **16** (36): 11–18. [JSTOR 23037017](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23037017). Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. Dickson, David (24 November 2014). [*Dublin: The Making of a Capital City*](https://books.google.com/books?id=aeJXBQAAQBAJ&dq=hugh+darley&pg=PA165). Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-74504-9. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

1. ["Hugh Darley (1701-1771) @ Architecture @ Archiseek.com"](https://www.archiseek.com/tag/hugh-darley/). *archiseek.com*. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. ["Smyth, Edward (1743-1823) | Architecture @ Archiseek.com"](https://www.archiseek.com/edward-smyth-1743-1823/). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2024.

1. ["TRINITY COLLEGE, WEST FRONT"](https://www.dia.ie/works/view/34254/building/CO.+DUBLIN%2C+DUBLIN%2C+COLLEGE+GREEN%2C+TRINITY+COLLEGE%2C+WEST+FRONT). *www.dia.ie*. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. Casey, Christine (1 January 2005). [*Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AQzYxvX_U8MC&dq=hugh+darley&pg=PA364-IA19). Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10923-8. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

1. ["St Peter's Drogheda – Drogheda, Ardee and Collon Union, Kilsaran Union"](https://drogheda.armagh.anglican.org/drogheda/). *drogheda.armagh.anglican.org*. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. ["Dictionary of Irish Architects"](https://www.dia.ie/works/view/4671/building/CO.+LOUTH%2C+DROGHEDA%2C+MALL%2C+MAYORALTY+HOUSE). *www.dia.ie*. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

1. Collins, Sean (1998). [*Drogheda, Gateway to the Boyne: Paintings and Stories from the Land of Boann*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TD6JfyLMvm4C&dq=hugh+darley&pg=PA54). Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-900935-08-1. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

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