George Richard Pain (1793 – 26 December 1838) was born into a family of English architects. His grandfather was William Pain, his father James Pain and his brother also
James.[1] George Richard served as an apprentice architect to
John Nash of London.[2] George Richard and James were commissioned by the
Board of First Fruits to design churches and glebe houses in Ireland. He settled in
Cork, Ireland. Many of his designs were produced in collaboration with his brother
James Pain who practiced in
Limerick.[3]
Biography
Pain arrived in Ireland circa 1816, about five years after his brother James.[4] Settling in Limerick, and then Cork, Pain remained in Ireland for the rest of his life. He died aged 45 on 26 December 1838. He was buried in the cemetery of St Mary's Church, Shandon.[5]
Buildings
Cork Courthouse, Washington St, Cork. (1830–35)Holy Trinity Church, Fr Mathew Quay, Cork. (1825-1850)St. Saviour's Dominican Church in Limerick, designed and built in 1815
Authorities note the difficulty in authoritatively attributing work to, and between, the Pain brothers due to the nature of their partnership and their prolific output across the south and west of Ireland.[6]
^Richardson, Douglas (1983). Gothic revival architecture in Ireland: Douglas Scott Richardson. Outstanding dissertations in the fine arts. New York: Garland Pub.
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