Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, DOUGLAS, CHURCH OF ST LUKE (CI)

Name: EDWARDS, OSBORNE CADWALLADER
Building: CO. CORK, DOUGLAS, CHURCH OF ST LUKE (CI)
Date: 1875a
Nature: New Gothic Revival cruciform church on site of old one. Begun early 1874. Consecrated 27 Aug 1875. Architect gave services free. Chancel erected at sole expense of Mrrs. J. & Hugh Pollock, of Douglas, in memory of their parents.  South transept erected mainly out of Bishop Gregg's munificent donation.  Contractor: Edward Fitzgerald, Youghal. Clerk of works: Mr Ryder. Cost about £1800.  (Later additions, including tower & spire, by W.H. Hill, 1885.)
Refs: IB 17, 1 Sep 1875, 248; Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 17, no. 196, 21 Sep 1875, 214; 19, no. 218, 1 Jun 1877, 62;  exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 366.


Name: SIBTHORPE, HENRY & SON *
Building: CO. CORK, DOUGLAS, CHURCH OF ST LUKE (CI)
Date: 1876
Nature: New pulpit and reading desk by Sibthrope & Son inaugurated.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 18, no. 206, 23 Jun 1876, 187.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. CORK, DOUGLAS, CHURCH OF ST LUKE (CI)
Date: 1877
Nature: Large stained glass window erected in memory of late Osborne C. Edwards. 3 medallions: Solomon building the Temple; dedication; Ezra's rebuilding of the Temple.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 19, no. 218, 1 Jun 1877, 185.


Name: HILL, WILLIAM HENRY [1]
Building: CO. CORK, DOUGLAS, CHURCH OF ST LUKE (CI)
Date: 1884
Nature: Tower & spire. With W.C. Ryder. Tender of Samuel Hill for £2,294 accepted.
Refs: IB 26, 1 Jul 1884, 201; 31, 15 Dec 1889, 307

Name: HILL, HENRY
Building: CO. CORK, DOUGLAS, CHURCH OF ST LUKE (CI)
Date: ?
Nature: Tomb in churchyard of family of T.S. Reeves in decorated Gothic style.
Refs: Perspective view in collection of Myrtle Allen, Ballymaloe, Co. Cork (photographed by IAA, neg. no. S/2308/11)

Name: HILL, HENRY
Building: CO. CORK, DOUGLAS, CHURCH OF ST LUKE (CI)
Date: ?
Nature: Monument to Rev. Henry Hardy.
Refs: Elevation in collection of Myrtle Allen, Ballymaloe, Co. Cork (photographed by IAA, neg. no. S/2308/8)