Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CONNAUGHT GARDENS, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)

Name: WELLAND, JOSEPH
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CONNAUGHT GARDENS, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1840-41
Nature: New church with 4-bay nave, shallow chancel, large and deep battlemented gabled porch with bellcote. Dedicated 22 Jun 1841. Inscr. on slab over entrance door: 'Erected by Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland A.D. 1840. J. Welland, Archt. J.H. Carroll, Builder'.
Refs: Unsigned, undated drawing(s), inscr. with date of dedication in RCB Library, portfolio 16; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 130-131

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CONNAUGHT GARDENS, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1860
Nature: Works at same according to drawings by architects of Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
Refs: B 18, 27 Oct 1860. 687.

Name: LANGRISHE, RICHARD
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CONNAUGHT GARDENS, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1884
Nature: Font presented by RL & his wife in memory of her mother. Probably designed by RL.
Refs: Typescript biography of Richard Langrishe by Hugh R. Langrishe (2007), 30

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, ATHLONE, CONNAUGHT GARDENS, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1912
Nature: Tenders invited for carrying out alts. and renovation.
Refs: IB 54, 11 May 1912, 286