Architect, of Derry City. John Guy Ferguson was a son of JOHN FERGUSON[2]. JOHN FERGUSON[2]. He was in practice by 1861 as a member of the firm of FRAZER FRAZER , FERGUSON & FERGUSON & amp; FRAZER. FRAZER. In 1868 he was appointed architect to the Church of Ireland diocese of Derry and Raphoe. By this year he had set up in business on his own in Shipquay Street, Derry, whence he removed to East Wall in 1875 and to Pump Street in 1891. His son had joined him in the practice by 1895.
Ferguson died 'at a very advanced age' at the beginning of 1901. The brief notice of his death in the Irish Builder describes him as 'a prominent Freemason and Orangeman'. The following year a mural tablet to his memory was erected in the vestibule of the Apprentice Boys' Memorial Hall, which had been built to his designs. His pupils and assitants included EDWARD J. TOYE. EDWARD J. TOYE.
See WORKS.
References
Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 385; but see also See also J.S. Curl, The Londonderry Plantation 1609-1914 (1986), 422, which says he was a son of Robert Ferguson.
B 19, 12 Jan 1861, 30.
IB 89, 1 Apr 1868, 89.
Derry Almanac.
Derry Almanac.
IB 43, 27 Feb 1901, 638.
See note 6, above.
IB 44, 13 Feb 1902, 1042.
65 work entries listed in chronological order for FERGUSON, JOHN GUY
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CO. DERRY, LIMAVADY, MARKET |
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1861 |
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Directors of Market Company offer prize of £5 for plans and estimates for new market house near railway station, Jan 1860. Market opened Jan 1861.; 'neat Italian elevation'. Architect 'J.G. Ferguson of Frazer, Ferguson & Frazer'. Builder: McClelland, Derry. |
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B 18, 14 Jan 1860, 31; 19, 12 Jan 1861, 30
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CO. DONEGAL, BALLYBOFEY, MARKET HOUSE |
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1862 |
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Builder: McClelland, Derry. |
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DB 3, 14 Dec 1861, 711; 4, 1 Nov 1862, 283; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 498
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, ORCHARD STREET, WAREHOUSE (SHAW & FINLAY) |
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1862 |
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New warehouse in progress. Pilastered front, with bold cornice and blocking. Ravenshill pressed bricks with Scotch stone mouldings, strings and cornices. Contractor: Hugh McGinley, Derry. |
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DB 4, 1 Nov 1862, 274
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CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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1862 |
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Opened 1862. Early English character. Builer: Robert Ferguson, Derry. |
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DB 4, 1 Nov 1862, 274; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 155
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CO. DONEGAL, MOVILLE, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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1862 |
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Builder: James Gallagher, Derry. ca £1100. |
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DB 4, 15 May,1 Nov 1862, 127,274; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 432; illus. in Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 200.
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CO. TYRONE, SION MILLS, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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1865 |
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New church just commenced. Early English style, with wheel window in W gable and traceried window in E. front. Tower and spire. Contractor: James Gallagher, Derry. |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 487
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, HOUSES (002) |
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1865 |
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lst-class residences with offices fronting Foyle opposite the Casina just commenced for P.Bradley. Pressed brick with white dressings. Just commenced. Builder: McGinley & McCarter. |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249
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CO. TYRONE, STRABANE, DERRY ROAD, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (2ND) |
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1865 |
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Remodelled and enlarged 'with a new lecture room and a facade of some pretension'. Builder: William Wilson, Strabane. |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249; illus. in David Killen, ed., Through all the days: a Presbyterian Heritage, Strabane, 1659-1994 [1994], unpaginated
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CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, HOUSES (002) |
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1865 |
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2 detached villas in English style just being completed for George H. Mitchell on land belonging to Capt. McClintock. |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249
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CO. DONEGAL, MOVILLE, ST COLUMB'S |
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1865 |
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'commodious English villa' on picturesque site overlooking Lough Foyle, for Misses Montgomery, sisters of Sir Robert, just finished.. Contr: James Gallagher. |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, LONDONDERRY & GLASGOW STEAM PACKET CO. OFFICES & STORES |
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1865 |
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121 ft frontage to river. Stores of blue rubble stone with Govan patent white brick dressings. Offices to right of stores finished in Glasgow stone with a 'rather elaborate Italian elevation, in which sculpture has been sparingly employed'.Builder: Alex McElwee |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249
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CO. DERRY, CULMORE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
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1865-67 |
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New church to seat 200, involving almost total destruction of ruins of Plantation church (gable in churchyard survives). For Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Consecrated 29 Oct 1867. Contr: Robert Ferguson, Derry. Cost:£2,000. E window gift of Irish Society.
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Plan and elevation by JGF,1865, in RCB Library, portfolio 10, see Hugh Dixon, Ulster Architecture 1800-1900 (UAHS, 1972, 19 (no. 81); DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249; IB 9, 1,15 Nov 1867, 281,304; Armagh Guardian, 25 Oct 1867;James Stevens Curl, The Londonderry Plantation, 1609-1914 (1986), 414; illus. in Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), 60.
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CO. DONEGAL, BURT, CHRIST CHURCH (CI) |
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1868-69 |
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New church. Contr: Alex McElwee. (Church closed, 1972 and sold, 1989.)
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Drawings, signed and dated 1868, in RCB Library, portfolio 10, see Hugh Dixon, Ulster Architecture 1800-1900 (UAHS, 1972), 19, no.82; IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 158; F.W. Fawcett and D.W.T. Crooks, eds., Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999),116(illus.)
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CO. DONEGAL, CASTLE CARY |
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1869 |
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Handsome and commodious residence for Arthur L. Cary, JP, overlooking Lough Foyle. Contr: James Gallagher, Moville |
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IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250
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CO. DERRY, CULMORE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
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1869 |
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Boundary enclosures, buttressed piers, gate with lamps, railed embrasures &c. Contr: G. & R. Ferguson. |
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IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 403
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CO. DONEGAL, BURT HOUSE |
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1869 |
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Addition, comprising vestibule and entrance hall, drawing room with baym, and chambers over. For J.G. Bowen. Contr: Alex McElwee. |
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IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250
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CO. DERRY, BELLARENA |
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1869 |
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Adds. for Sir Frederick William Heygate, comprising large oriel window, extension of billiard room, chambers, office range &c. Contr: G. Given. |
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IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, NORTHLAND ROAD, EDENBANK, HOUSES (003) |
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1869 |
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3 lst-class villas being completed for James McNeil. 'pleasing Italian elevations' with 'deeply recessed...doorways...with crested bays, rising two storeys'. Contr: Alex McElwee. |
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IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250
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CO. TYRONE, SION MILLS, HOUSE |
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1869 |
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'neat residence in course of erection for Mr. John Adams'. Contr: John Ferguson. |
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IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, DUNCREGGAN HOUSE |
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1869 |
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'perhaps the most important domestic erection in the district'. Italianate. Contr: Alex. McElwee. |
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IB 11, 1 Nov 1869, 250
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CO. TYRONE, STRABANE, MEETING HOUSE STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST) |
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1871-72 |
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New E English church for 750 worshippers. FS laid Sep 1871 by Miss Houston, Lifford. Opened Oct 1872. Contr: McClelland & Co, Derry. (Destroyed by fire, Christmas Day 1938 and replaced by new church in Manse grounds on Derry Road.) |
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IB 13, 15 Sep 1871, 241; Architect 6, 23 ?Sep 1871, 161; 8, 19 Oct 1872, 225 Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 493; David Killen, ed., Through all the days: a Presbyterian Heritage, Strabane, 1659-1994 [1994], unpaginated (includes photograph of church)
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, WEST WALL, CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE (CI) |
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1871-72 |
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Rebuilding in 13th century Gothic style, largely on old foundations. Consecrated 11 Jun 1872. Contractors: G. & R. Ferguson. Chancel windows, 1874, by Usher & Kelly, Hampstead Road, London.
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IB 13, 1 Apr,15 Oct 1871, 85,265; 14, 1 Jul 1872, 184; Architect 8, 6 Jul 1872, 17; 11, ? ? 1874, 234; B.H. Blacker, 'Sketches of Irish Churches' in Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 14, no. 158, 23 Jun 1872, 151; J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 273; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 384; illus. of exterior in Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), 96.
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CO. TYRONE, STRABANE, NEW STREET, SHOP & HOUSE |
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1872 |
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Proposed shop and house on corner of New St, for W.J. Snodgrass, Esq.
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'Plan for proposed shop and dwelling house, corner of New Street, Strabane, for W.J. Snodgrass Esq.' in PRONI, D3480/36 and D3480/36/1 ((see PRONI e-catalogue).
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, HORACE STREET, FACTORY (WELCH, MARGETSON) |
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1872 |
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New shirt factory. Contractor: A. McElwee. |
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W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan & J.J. Tracey, City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 47 (no. 124); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 400
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, SOCIETY STREET, APPRENTICE BOYS' HALL |
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1873-1877 |
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New hall in Scottish Baronial style. Inaugurated Aug 1877. Cost, excluding heating and furnishing, £3,350. Builders: McClelland & Co. |
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IB 13, 1 Apr 1871, 85; 15, 1 Mar 1873, 72; 19, 15 Aug,1 Sep 1877, 246,262; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 394
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CO. DERRY, COLERAINE, STRAND ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI, KILLOWEN PARISH) |
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1875 |
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Extensive alts. & imps. W wall taken down and rebuilt, new porch added, E wall partly removed and chancel added, side walls lowered and highly pitched roof put on, new windows. Consecrated 27 Jul 1875. Contr: McClelland & Co., Derry. Furnishing: A.D. Williams & Co. Varnishing & painting: J. & D. Baxter, Coleraine |
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IB 17, 1 Aug 1875, 205,215; B 33, 14 Aug 1875, 725; J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 243; W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildings…in Coleraine and Portstewart (UAHS, 1972), 28; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 205; exterior illus. in Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), 85, and Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 169.
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, INFIRMARY ROAD, CRAIG MEMORIAL HALL |
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1877 |
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New parochial hall for Christ Church, Infirmary Road, Neo-Gothic. Builder: Robert Colhoun.(|Belfast Directory| 1877 says Craig Memorial School? in course of erection.) Cost: £1200.
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Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 23, no. 71, 7 May 1881, ?; W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan & J.J. Tracey, City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 48 (no. 133)
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CO. DONEGAL, MOYAGH HOUSE |
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1878 |
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Burnt 1912 and rebuilt using original walls. |
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Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 466
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, BISHOP STREET (& PUMP STREET), MULHOLLAND & CO. |
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1879 |
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New premises, 'unrivalled in the North of Ireland', completed for Mulholland & Co., Drapers. Contractor: J. Ballantine. |
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IB 21, 1 Feb 1879, 43; B 37, ? Feb 1879, 137
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, INFIRMARY ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI) |
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1881-82 |
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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.)
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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.
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, CATHEDRAL OF ST COLUMB (CI) |
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1885-87 |
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Restoration and enlargement comprising addition of chancel with aisles and of bishop's room and porch on S, remodelling of gallery, removal of stucco groining in nave and aisles and restoration of old open-timber roof. Reopened 18 Feb 1887. Contr: McClelland. |
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Prospectus, dated 5 Nov 1884, with engraved view, outlining plans for proposed enlargement and alts. in RCB Library, portfolio 10; IB 27, 15 Sep,15 Oct 1885, 262,285; 29, 1 Mar 1887, 65; 31, 1 Jan 1889, 4; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 378,379
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, SHIPQUAY PLACE, GUILDHALL |
Date: |
1887-1890 |
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New Guildhall and Police Offices. Opened Jul 1890. (Destroyed by fire, 1908, and rebuilt.)
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IB 29, 1 Feb 1887, 44; 32, 1 Aug 1890, 185; Freeman's Journal, 27 Oct 1908; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 389
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, HORACE STREET, FACTORY (WELCH, MARGETSON) |
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1900 |
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Adds. by 'John Ferguson'. Contr: D. McCaffrey, Strabane. |
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IB 42, 1 Mar 1900, 292; W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan & J.J. Tracey, City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 47 (no. 124); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 400
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CO. DERRY, DERRY, BISHOP ST WITHOUT, SHIRT FACTORY |
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1900 |
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By J.G. Ferguson & Son. At Bishop's Garden. Contr: Sweeney, Derry. £2,660 |
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IB 42, 1 Apr,I Jun,15 Nov 1900, 324,383,548
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