Gandon, James (1741-1823), was a British architect who designed several important buildings in England and Ireland. Gandon’s designs reflect the influence of the English Baroque style of Sir Christopher Wren. Gandon’s most important buildings are the County Hall and prison in Nottingham, England (designed in 1768); and the Custom House (1791), Four Courts (1802) and Parliament House (now the Bank of Ireland, about 1789), all in Dublin, Ireland.
Gandon was born on Feb. 20, 1741, in London. He began to practice as an architect in the mid-1760’s. In 1781, he moved to Dublin to supervise the construction of the Custom House. After a brief return to England, he went back to Ireland in 1799, and later died there on Dec. 24, 1823.
