Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, HILLTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (RC)

Name: DUFF, THOMAS J. [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (RC)
Date: 1844-1850
Nature: New pedimented classical church. founded 1844 and dedicated 6 Oct 1850 (but |Dundalk Democrat|, 28 Sep 1856, says that church was consecrated in 1856?) (NB. Brendan Grimes thinks this church was finished by Patrick Byrne after Duff's death.)
Refs: B 8, 12 Oct 1850, 488; E. Campbell, Ecclesiastical Buildings of the Diocese of Dromore (1940), 9,11(illus.); Paul Larmour, 'That eminent and tasteful architect', Perspective7, No. 1 (Sep/Oct 1998), 61

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DOWN, HILLTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (RC)
Date: 1900
Nature: Addition of tower. Cost £1,1600.
Refs: E. Campbell, Ecclesiastical Buildings of the Diocese of Dromore (1940), 9,11(illus.)