Edward Lovett Pearce

Sir Edward Lovett Pearce
Born1699
DiedDecember 7, 1733(1733-12-07) (aged 34)
Resting placeDonnybrook Cemetery
NationalityIrish
OccupationArchitect
Parent(s)Edward Pearce (father)
Frances Lovett (mother)
RelativesJohn Vanbrugh (cousin)
Thomas Pearce (uncle)
Frances (sister)
Christopher Lovett (grandfather)
BuildingsCastletown House
Bellamont House
Parliament House
9 & 10 Henrietta Street
Desart Court
Cashel Palace
Summerhill House

Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (1699 – 7 December 1733) was an Irish architect, and the chief exponent of Palladianism in Ireland. He is thought to have initially studied as an architect under his father's first cousin, Sir John Vanbrugh. He is best known for the Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin, and his work on Castletown House. The architectural concepts he employed on both civic and private buildings were to change the face of architecture in Ireland. He could be described as the father of Irish Palladian architecture and Georgian Dublin.