Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

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