Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, KILLYLEAGH, IRISH STREET, CHURCH OF S. MARY STAR OF THE SEA (RC)

Name: THOMSON, MORTIMER H.
Building: CO. DOWN, KILLYLEAGH, IRISH STREET, CHURCH OF S. MARY STAR OF THE SEA (RC)
Date: 1859-1861
Nature: Small Gothic church, replacing one of 1832, with lancet windows and bellcote. Opened Oct 1861; 'said to be an edifice of great architectural beauty'(DB)
Refs: DB 3, 1 Nov 1861, 666; C.E.B. Brett, Historic Buildings…in…East Down (UAHS, 1973), 38(illus.),39 (citing J. O'Laverty, Diocese of Down and Connor (1878), I, 338)