Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILDARE, FONTSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. KILDARE, FONTSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (CI)
Date: 1823 or1827
Nature: 'The church is a very neat structure, with a tower and spire, in imitation of the later English style of architecture, built in 1823[sic], an an expense of £1400, of which £1200 was a gift from the late Board [of First Fruits].' (Lewis) Church consecrated 24 Jun 1827.
Refs: S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 632; Clergy of Dublin and Glendalough (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2001), 286   exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 299. 

Name: EDMUNDSON & SON *#
Building: CO. KILDARE, FONTSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (CI)
Date: 1859
Nature: Triple-light E window (Faith, Hope & Charity).   Erected in memory of Rev. John Bagot (d. 1858), rector of parish for 47 years, his wife, Olivia,  and his father Rev. Walter Bagot (d. 1815), rector of Monasterevan, by 11 surviving children of Rev. John Bagot.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 2, no  4 (15 Oct 1859), 76;  Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/2958/ (last visited, Feb 2014).

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. KILDARE, FONTSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST (CI)
Date: 1889
Nature: Renovations. Church reopened 16 Oct 1889. Contractor: Coleman, Carlow.
Refs: IB 31, 1 Nov 1889, 267