Selected: CO. KILDARE, NAAS, MAIN STREET NORTH, CHURCH OF ST DAVID (CI)
Name: | DREW, THOMAS (SIR) |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, NAAS, MAIN STREET NORTH, CHURCH OF ST DAVID (CI) |
Date: | 1861 |
Nature: | Alts., including new Early English triplet window (stonework by Abbey & Harrison, stained glass by Edmonson), rearrangement of pews &c. |
Refs: | Drawing(s) for new chancel arch, signed and dated 1861, in RCB Library, portfolio 19; DB 3, 1 Aug 1861, 591; J. Williams, A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921 (1994), 240 |
Name: | PURDY & OUTHWAITE * |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, NAAS, MAIN STREET NORTH, CHURCH OF ST DAVID (CI) |
Date: | 1861a |
Nature: | 'A very beautiful stone pulpit, lectern, &c. were erected a short time since; Messrs. Purdy and Outhwaite, sculptors.' |
Refs: | DB 3, 1 Aug 1861, 591 |
Name: | DREW, THOMAS (SIR) |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, NAAS, MAIN STREET NORTH, CHURCH OF ST DAVID (CI) |
Date: | 1877-1880;1895 |
Nature: | Restoration of centre aisle and St Catherine's aisle, extension of chancel by 7 feet. Triple light stained glass window ornamented with string course. New open woodwork roof in place of plaster ceiling. Broad aisle down centre of church replaces narrow side aisles.New vestry on S side. Old black marble font mounded on new marble pedestal. Organ enlarged and improved. Reopened after alterations lasting 8 months, 14 Mar 1880. Contractor: James Dempsey.Further improvements, 1895, carried out by A.P. Sharp. Memorial window to Earl of Mayo. |
Refs: |
IB 19, 1 May 1877, 133; 20, 1 Jun 1878, 168; 22, 15 Mar 1880, 87; 37, 1 Sep 1895, 215; Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 22, no. 10, 6 Mar 1880; no. 12, 20 Mar 1880, 246; exterior of church illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 325 |
Name: | HARGRAVE, JOHN |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, NAAS, MAIN STREET NORTH, CHURCH OF ST DAVID (CI) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Designs for tower (unexecuted) |
Refs: | Catalogue of auction of architectural drawings of John Hargrave, 1 Dec 1836, Lot 45 |
Name: | MCCURDY, JOHN |
Building: | CO. KILDARE, NAAS, MAIN STREET NORTH, CHURCH OF ST DAVID (CI) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Enlargement of gallery. |
Refs: | Undated drawing in RCB Library, portfolio 19 |