Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMONEY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMONEY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date: 1782
Nature: 'The church, a large plain edifice with a tower and cupola, was built in 1782, near the site of an ancient church, of which there are still some remains.'
Refs: S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 150;  exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013),  217.


Name: WELLAND, JOSEPH
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMONEY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date: 1859
Nature: Proposed refitting 'under the direction of the architect to Ecclesiastical Commissioners' (i.e. JW?)
Refs: DB 1, 1 Aug 1859, 104

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMONEY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date: 1866-68
Nature: To be enlarged 'according to plans by the architects to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners'. S aisle and apsidal chancel added.  'The arcade between aisle and nave is a very coarse caricature of "Street's" style.  The spire is a faiure because placed on a ridiculously low tower, and the pul;it, seats, &c., are of the usual Ecclesiatical Commissioner's[sic] style — thin and mean.' (Irish Churchman).  Reopened, Sep(?) 1868.
Refs: DB 8, 1 Oct 1866, 242;  Irish Churchman 1, no. 8, 19 Sep 1868, 118;  exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013),  2176.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMONEY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date: 1880
Nature: Church closed for improvements and repairs.
Refs:  Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 22, no. 1, 3 Jan 1880, 18.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMONEY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date: 1881
Nature: New 2-light stained glass window (Christ walking on the sea; Christ rescuing Peter from sinking) erected in memory of Mrs Phillott, wife of former recor and sister of Bishop Mant.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 23, no 69, 23 Apr 1881, 281.