Buildings and structures
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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1847 |
Buildings opened
- March 31 – The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.[2][3]
- April 15 – Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin.
- June 28 – Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
- June 30 – Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
- August 3 – Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
- September 10 – Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
- November – Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.[4]
- First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.
Buildings completed
- Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.[5]
- St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), Rugby, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
- Rectory, Rampisham, Dorset, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
