Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)

Name: SMYTH, EDWARD *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1780
Nature: Memorial to Lt. William Dobbs (1746-1778).
Refs: Dublin Evening Post, 9 Aug 1792; H.G. Leask, 'Some less known works of Edward Smyth, sculptor', JRSAI 80 (1950), 73-74(illus.); JRSAI 80 (1950), 73-74(illus.); Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 80

Name: MCBLAIN, DAVID
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1804-1807
Nature: Designed tall octagonal spire with James McBlain. Marquess of Hertford contributed towards cost of building same..
Refs: J. Hall, Tour through Ireland (1813), ?; A Tour in Ireland in 1813 & 1814. By an Englishman {John Gough?] (1817), ?; C.E.B. Brett, D. Dunleath, Lisburn (UAHS, 1969), 4(illus.),6; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of County Antrim (UAHS, 1996), 32(illus.)

Name: SMYTH, JOHN [4]*
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1812
Nature: Monument to Rev. Saumarez Dubourdieu (1717-1812).
Refs: Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 82

Name: FARRELL, WILLIAM
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1841
Nature: Designs for new chancel and buttress piers.
Refs: Signed and dated drawing(s) in RCB Library, portfolio 7

Name: FOLEY, JOHN HENRY *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1861
Nature: Monument to Brig. General John Nicholson, showing the Cashmere Bastion, Delhi.
Refs: Model of Cashmere Bastion exh. RA 1861, no. 1058; W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), I, 363; John Turpin, 'Catalogue of the sculpture of J.H. Foley', Dublin Historical Record 32 (Jun 1979), 110

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1881a
Nature: Recent improvements: new doors with porch added; new lectern; pulpit and prayer desk rearranged; alterations to sedilia, chancel, &c. Organ which was formerly in Dundalk church installed.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 23, no. 88, 3 Sep 1881, 611.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1888
Nature: Plans for new chancel.
Refs: IB 30, 15 Apr 1888, 114

Name: JONES & WILLIS *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1893
Nature: Oak bishop's throne in late Decorated style
Refs: IB 35, 15 Nov 1893, 97

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1925
Nature: New west gateway dedicated 26 Apr 1925. Houses demolished to open up what was previously only a narrow lane. Old gates originally erected 1795.
Refs: IB 67, 2 May 1925, 358

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (CI, BLARIS & LISNAGARVEY PARISHES)
Date: 1938
Nature: Proposed alts. Nave & aisles to be enlarged; new chancel to be built; tower to be taken down.
Refs: IB 80, 19 Mar 1938, 223