Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, ST JOHN'S POINT (KILLOUGH), LIGHTHOUSE

Name: LYNN, JOHN [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, ST JOHN'S POINT (KILLOUGH), LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1841
Nature: JL supervising work on St John's Point lighthouse.
Refs: Downpatrick Recorder, 1 Jan 1841 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DOWN, ST JOHN'S POINT (KILLOUGH), LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1873
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same.
Refs: IB 15, 15 Apr 1873, advertisement

Name: DOUGLASS, WILLIAM
Building: CO. DOWN, ST JOHN'S POINT (KILLOUGH), LIGHTHOUSE
Date: 1891-93
Nature: New high lighthouse tower, replacing old low tower, 2 new dwellings, new fog-signal house, enlargement of gas plant.
Refs: Architect 44, 26 Dec 1890, suppl. p.4;  Life of William Douglass, M.Inst.C.E. formerly engineer-in-chief to the Commissioners of Irish Lights by the author of the 'Life of Sir James Nicholas Douglass [Thomas Williams]' (Privately published, 1923), on-line version at http://pharology.eu/resources/Douglass.pdf