Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, MOIRA, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DOWN, MOIRA, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)
Date: 1725
Nature: New, 3-bay church with tower and spire, largely financed by Rawdon family.
Refs: Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 220(illus.);  exterior also illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 200.

Name: FARRELL, WILLIAM
Building: CO. DOWN, MOIRA, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)
Date: 1841
Nature: Design for new spire topped with a ball finial proposed and approved. (Spire blown down, 1884, and replaced.)
Refs: Signed drawing(s), dated April 1841, in RCB Library, portfolio 12