Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WICKLOW, AVOCA, CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY (CI, CASTLEMACADAM PARISH)

Name: LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
Building: CO. WICKLOW, AVOCA, CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY (CI, CASTLEMACADAM PARISH)
Date: 1868-70
Nature: New church on site presented by Viscount Powerscourt. Early English style.. FS laid Jun 1868. Cons. 27 Apr 1870. Contractor: Gahan & Sons, Harcourt St.  (Similar to Drumcliffe parish church, Ennis, co. Clare, also 1868.)  Building in bad state by 1888.
Refs: Contract drawing, signed by Welland & Gillespie and dated May 1868, in RCB Library, portfolio 18; IB 8, 1 Jun 1866, 144; 9, 1 May,1 Aug 1867, 111,200; 10, 1 Jun 1868, 144; 12, 1 May 1870, 110; 31, 1,15 Jan 1889, 4,?; Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 12, no. 132, 23 May 1870, 130;  Clergy of Dublin & Glenadalough (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2001), 268;  illus in Aughrim, Ballinatone, Castlemacadam Parishes, http://www.abcparishes.ie/history.html (last visited Jan 2010);  exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 300.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. WICKLOW, AVOCA, CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY (CI, CASTLEMACADAM PARISH)
Date: 1887-88
Nature: New furnishings. 2 lamps in chancel bby Thomas Henshaw, Christchurch Place, Dublin (£20 each), 1887. Carved oak pulpit and reading desk in memory of Col. E.S. Bayly, executed by J.T. Wilson & Co., Cornelius Place, London, 1887. Brass communion rails in memory of John Hodge, 1888.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 12 Mar,16 Apr,22 Oct,5 Nov 1887, 7 Apr 1888.

Name: FULLER, JAMES FRANKLIN
Building: CO. WICKLOW, AVOCA, CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY (CI, CASTLEMACADAM PARISH)
Date: 1888-89
Nature: JFF makes report on severe damp problem resulting from cracks in pointing of tower. Timberwork 'in an advanced state of decay' after only 18 years. Tenders invited for carrying out repairs to tower, Apr 1889; work completed end of 1889. For Rev. John Moore Robinson.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 15 Dec 1888,27 Apr 1889,4 Jan 1890; Architect 40, 21 Dec 1888, 354;  Irish Times, 12,25 Feb 1889

Name: O'NEILL, PATRICK J. *
Building: CO. WICKLOW, AVOCA, CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY (CI, CASTLEMACADAM PARISH)
Date: 1892
Nature: Marble and Caen stone panelling in chancel, erected in memory of Jane Gregory (d. 1890) by her daughter. Unveiled Dec 1892.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 31 Dec 1892

Name: HEATON, BUTLER & BAYNE *#
Building: CO. WICKLOW, AVOCA, CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY (CI, CASTLEMACADAM PARISH)
Date: 1900
Nature: Two stained glass windows (The Resurrection) in memory of John Hunter.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 27 Jan 1900

Name: FULLER, JAMES FRANKLIN
Building: CO. WICKLOW, AVOCA, CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY (CI, CASTLEMACADAM PARISH)
Date: 1903
Nature: Renovation of chancel under personal supervision of the rector, John Moore Robinson (1857-1930), who drew design of floral wreath around the reredos (gift of Miss Gregory) and also carved one of the spandrils. Floor laid with tiles, walls re-plastered.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 4,11 Apr 1903