Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DERRY, DERRY, INFIRMARY ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)

Name: FERGUSON, JOHN [2]
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, INFIRMARY ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1830-32
Nature: Built as chapel-of-ease to cathedral at expense of Bishop Knox (£780). Consecrated 22 Aug 1832. Gallery added 1832 (£146). (Church badly damaged in arson attack, 1996, and subsequently restored.)
Refs: W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan & J.J. Tracey, City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 28 (no. 56); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 385; J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 149; Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), 55(illus.)

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, INFIRMARY ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1862
Nature: Re-pewing, new pulpit, &c. Contractor: Richard Gailey. (Church badly damaged in arson attack, 1996, and subsequently restored.)
Refs: Signed drawing(s), also signed by contractor, Nov 1862, in RCB Library, portfolio 10.

Name: FERGUSON, JOHN GUY
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, INFIRMARY ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1881-82
Nature: Church almost rebuilt, only side walls and tower of old structure being retained. Addition of 2 transepts and chancel.  Estimated cost: £2,000. E window ereccted in memory of Caroline, wife of incumbent. Window in N transept supplied by Mr Wylie in memory of his parents. Given dedication of Christ Church . Reopened, 30 Mar 1882. (Church badly damaged in arson attack, 1996, and subsequently restored.)
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 23, no. 71, 7 May 1881, ?; 24, no. 119, 8 Apr 1882, 231;  IB 23, 15 May 1881, 159; J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 149; W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan & J.J. Tracey, City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 28 (no. 56); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 385.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DERRY, DERRY, INFIRMARY ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1921
Nature: Renovation, costing approx. £2,500, to be undertaken. (Church badly damaged in arson attack, 1996, and subsequently restored.)
Refs: IB 63, 7 May 1921, 334