Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)
Date: 1840
Nature: FS of new church laid by J. Stevenson of Fortwilliam, Co. Derry, Jul? 1840.
Refs: Christian Examiner I, No. 8, 1 Aug 1840, 255.

Name: FERGUSON, JOHN GUY
Building: CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)
Date: 1868
Nature: Repewing.
Refs: Drawing, signed and dated Jun 1868, in RCB Library, portfolio 10.

Name: WARD & HUGHES *#
Building: CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)
Date: 1877
Nature: Stained glass window (Light of the World and Good Shepherd) 'recently' erected in memory of late Rev. Samuel Montgomery. In W wall of tower.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 19, no. 216, 1 Apr 1877, 114.

Name: DREW, THOMAS (SIR)
Building: CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)
Date: 1887-88
Nature: Rebuilding on lines of external walls of church of 1760 and retaining tower and spire of 1792. Aisled chancel and unusual arcaded extensions in lieu of transepts. Cons. Dec 1888. Gift of Hon. R.T. O'Neill. Builder: McNally, Cookstown. Font, pulpit, prayer desks, communion table by A.P. Sharp.
Refs: Architect 40, 14 Dec 1888, 344; B 55, 15 Dec 1888, 440; IB 31, 15 Mar 1889, 74; J.B. Leslie, Derry Clergy and Parishes (1937), 111; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 70,248;  exterior  illus. in Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), 4; information from David Lawrence, Nov 2010.

Name: SHARP, ALFRED PETER *
Building: CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)
Date: 1888
Nature: Font, pulpit, prayer desks, communion table by A.P. Sharp.
Refs: IB 31, 15 Mar 1889, 74

Name: CLAYTON & BELL *#
Building: CO. DERRY, DRAPERSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, BALLYNASCREEN PARISH)
Date: 1888
Nature: East windows in chancel (3-light) and South aisle (2-light). Reproductions of windows in Christ Church, Dublin.
Refs: Architect 40, 14 Dec 1888, 344 (information from David Lawrence, Gladestry, Powys, Jan 2011).