BLOMFIELD, ARTHUR WILLIAM (SIR) #

Architect, of London, for whom see Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), I, 204. In Ireland Arthur Blomfield designed Arklow Church of Ireland church for William Proby, fifth Earl of Carysfort in 1897.(1)

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References

(1) IB 39, 15 Jun 1897, 116; 41, 1,15 Sep 1899, 113,129; 61, 25 Oct 1919, 482; B 73, 3 Jul 1897, 15; Building News 90, 12 Jan 1906, 65;  Lesley Whiteside, St Saviour's Church, Arklow (St Saviour's Arklow, 1997).

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Building:	CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, COACH ROAD, CATHEDRAL OF ST CANICE (CI)
Date:	1897
Nature:	Works at same?
Refs:	Building News 73, 1 Oct 1897, 492

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, ARKLOW, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (CI, KILBRIDE PARISH)
Date:	1897-1899
Nature:	New church. Early English. Gift of 5th Earl of Carysfort, in memory of his parents, brothers & sisters. Cost nearly £30,000. Begun May 1897. FS laid by Countess of Carysfort 10 Jun 1897. Opened 21 Aug 1899. Contr: John Thompson, Peterborough. Supervised by Benjamin Darling. E & W windows, reredos by Clayton & Bell, London. Last Supper panel by Thos. Nicholls. Stone carving by Earp & Hobbs, London.
Refs:	Drawings by AWB in parish archives (information from David Lawrence, Gloine database); drawings in British Architectural Library, Thompson & Ruddle Collection, PA446/3(1-49); PA447/1(1-42); PA447/2(1-56); PA447/3(4); PA448/1(1-50); PA449/1(51-73); PA449/2(1-33); PA449/3(1-57);  IB 39, 15 Jun 1897, 116; 41, 1,15 Sep 1899, 113,129; 61, 25 Oct 1919, 482; B 73, 3 Jul 1897, 15; Building News 73, 1 Oct 1897, 492; 90, 12 Jan 1906, 65; Wicklow Newsletter 10,17 Oct,5 Dec 1896, 17 Apr,8 May,12 Jun 1897 24 Jun,5,21 Aug 1899;  Lesley Whiteside, St Saviour's Church, Arklow (St Saviour's Arklow, 1997);  exterior illus . in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 299.