Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ARMAGH, DRUMCREE, CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION (CI)

Name: FULLERTON, WILLIAM TURNEY
Building: CO. ARMAGH, DRUMCREE, CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION (CI)
Date: 1854-56
Nature: Design of Joseph Welland carried out under superintendence of WF. Contractor: Hugh Henry & Son. consecrated, 28 Oct 1856.
Refs: B 14, 8 Nov 1856, 609;  Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette I, No. 8 (Nov 1856), 151;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 510-11.

Name: WELLAND, JOSEPH
Building: CO. ARMAGH, DRUMCREE, CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION (CI)
Date: 1854-56
Nature: Reconstruction of church (described by Lewis, 1837, as 'a large ancient building'), retaining existing tower and spire, carried out under superintendence of William Fullerton. Reconsecrated Oct or Nov 1856. Builder: Hugh Henry & Son. Cost nearly £3,000. Entrance gate and sexton's house also erected..
Refs: Signed, undated drawing(s) in RCB Library, portfolio 2B; plan, S & E elevations, stamped by Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 18 May 1854, in RCB Library, MS 139 (C:\WP51\ARCH); B 13. 13 Oct 1855, 486; 14, 8 Nov 1856, 609;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 510-11;  illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 124.