Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DERRY, DERRY, MAGAZINE STREET UPPER, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, MAGAZINE STREET UPPER, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1780
Nature: New Classical church opened in 1780.
Refs: Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 197(illus.).


Name: DOUGLAS, CAMPBELL #
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, MAGAZINE STREET UPPER, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1862
Nature: Proposed alterations.
Refs: DB 4, 1 May 1862, 112

Name: KELL, ROBERT *
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, MAGAZINE STREET UPPER, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1875
Nature: RK executes memorial to William McClure designed by William McElwee.
Refs: IB 17, 1 Jul 1875, 176; B 33, 26 Jun 1975, 579.

Name: MCELWEE, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, MAGAZINE STREET UPPER, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1875
Nature: Memorial to late pastor, Rev. William McClure, in vestibule. Various marbles, including Sicilian and Belgian. Executed by Robert Kell, sculptor, Derry.
Refs: IB 17, 1 Jul 1875, 176; B 33, 26 Jun 1875, 579

Name: PINKERTON, WILLIAM EDWARD
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, MAGAZINE STREET UPPER, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1895-96
Nature: Consulting architect for internal reconstruction, including panelled pine ceiling, wall plastering, stained glass windows, heating &c. Begun Mar 1895. Reopened 5 Jan 1896. Contractor: Joseph Ballantine. 2 stained glass windows, presented by Wm. Tillie, DL, by Ballantine & Gardiner, Edinburgh.
Refs: IB 38, 15 Jan 1896, 14; W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan, J.J. Tracey, Historic Buildings…in and near the City of Derry (1970), 26 (no. 50)

Name: PINKERTON, WILLIAM EDWARD
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, MAGAZINE STREET UPPER, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1900-03
Nature: New tetrastyle Roman Corinthian portico. Tenders invited Jul 1900. Estimated cost: £2,500.
Refs: IB 42, 15 Jul 1900, 423; 45, 15 Jan 1903, 1556; Architect 63, 29 Jun 1900, suppl p.9; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 387; W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan, J.J. Tracey, Historic Buildings…in and near the City of Derry (1970), 27 (no. 50)