Name: |
FARRELL, WILLIAM |
Building: |
CO. DOWN, MAGHERALIN, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: |
1841-44 |
Nature: |
New church, probably designed by WF or Joseph Welland. Cruciform with W tower (not executed), N & S porches off transepts. Battlemented with decorated bellcote on W gable. Design approved 1841. Dedicated 1843. Opened Oct 1844. Consecrated 3 May 1845. |
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Unsigned drawing, inscr. 'Approved 1841' and 'Dedicated 1843', in RCB Library, portfolio 12; Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 215-6(illus.).
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Name: |
WELLAND, JOSEPH |
Building: |
CO. DOWN, MAGHERALIN, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: |
1841-44 |
Nature: |
New church, probably designed by Joseph Welland or William Farrell. Cruciform with W tower (not executed), N & S porches off transepts. Battlemented with decorated bellcote on W gable. Design approved 1841. Dedicated 1843. Opened Oct 1844. Consecrated 3 May 1845. |
Refs: |
Unsigned, undated drawings in RCB; Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 217(illus.); exterior also illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 200.
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Name: |
DREW, THOMAS (SIR) |
Building: |
CO. DOWN, MAGHERALIN, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: |
1890-91 |
Nature: |
New chancel and remodelling of N aisle, 1890-91, at estimated cost of £4,900. 'The architect...has removed an unsightly barnlike structure, and substitued for it a handsome and commodious structure in the Perpendicular style of architecture' (Irish Times). FS of new chancel laid by Mrs Christie-Miller, Aug 1890. Consecrated by Bishop of Down, 22 Sep 1891. Builder: Collen Bros., Portadown. Also new reredos with finials which were perceived as 'ritualistic crosses' and had to be removed as condition of Mr Wakefield Christie-Miller's gift of the tower (erected 1898), |
Refs: |
IB 32, 15 Aug 1890, 201; 33, 1 May 1891, 106; Irish Times, 27 Aug 1890, 29 Sep 1891; Lurgan Mail, 3 Oct 1891; Clergy of Down & Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 216-7.
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Name: |
DREW, THOMAS (SIR) |
Building: |
CO. DOWN, MAGHERALIN, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: |
1897-98 |
Nature: |
Tower. Gift of Wakefield Christie-Miller (d. 1897). Dedicated by Bishop of Down and Connor, 12 Apr 1898. Builder: J.Campbell, Belfast. |
Refs: |
PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/27; Irish Times, 15 Apr 1898; IB 40, 15 Apr 1898, 64; Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), Part 1, 217(illus.)
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