Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, BALLYLESSON, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, DRUMBO PARISH)

Name: LILLY, CHARLES
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYLESSON, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, DRUMBO PARISH)
Date: 1789-91
Nature: Designed by CL, for 1st Marquess of Downshire. Consecrated 24 Jul 1791.
Refs: Elevation in PRONI DIO/4/22/7/6); Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), Part 1, 108(illus.),109; see also J.F. Rankin, Heritage of Drumbo (1981)

Name: HUNTER, JAMES [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYLESSON, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, DRUMBO PARISH)
Date: 1798
Nature: JH declines to carry out work proposed alterations to spire.
Refs: Letter from Rev. Henry Savage, Drumbo, to Lord Downshire, 23 Mar 1798, in PRONI, D607/F/105 (see, PRONI e-catalogue, http://applications.proni.gov.uk/LL_DCAL_PRONI_ECATNI/ResultDetails.aspx , last visited, Nov 2011).

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYLESSON, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, DRUMBO PARISH)
Date: 1862-63;1864
Nature: Addition of chancel and S transept. Reopened Good Friday, 3 Apr 1863. N transept added, 1864.
Refs: Signed designs for chancel and S transept only, dated 1862, in RCB Library, portfolio 11; DB 4, 1 Aug 1862, 199; 6, 15 Dec 1864, 261; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 107(no. S8, illus.); J. Fred Rankin, The Heritage of Drumbo(1981), 60-63(reproduces some of W & G designs); Clergy of Down & Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), Pt. I, 108-9(illus.)

Name: WARD & HUGHES *#
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYLESSON, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, DRUMBO PARISH)
Date: 1870ca
Nature: 2 windows in S transept: covenant of David & Jonathan; death of Jonathan.
Refs: B 29, 28 Jan 1871, 72

Name: WATSON, WILLIAM JAMES
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYLESSON, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, DRUMBO PARISH)
Date: 1873-74
Nature: Alts., including new roof, enlarged nave windows and new pews. Tenders invited Sep 1873. Contractor: Thomas McKeown,. cost: £1000. Church reopened 10 Jul 1874.
Refs: IB 15, 1 Sep 1873, 227; 16, 15 Jul 1874, 205; B 31, 6 Sep 1873, 714; J. Fred Rankin, The Heritage of Drumbo(1981), 67-68; Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996),108-9 (illus.);  exterior and interior of church illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 191.