| This is the outside
of the Cathedral in Baroonstrand Street. The
Cathedral was designed by John Roberts and Built
in 1793. It was built on ground leased for 999
years at 2 shillings / 6 pence per annum. Dean
Thomas Hearne was a driving force in getting a
petition going for the building of a magnificent
cathedral, and duly became its first
administrator until his death in 1810.
In 2000, the square near Barronstrand Street (
formerly known as "Red Square" ) was
re-named as "John Roberts Square" in
light of the influence he had over the
architecture of the two Cathedrals in Waterford.
Waterford is the only city in Europe to have
the Catholic and Protestant Cathedrals designed
by the same person. | 