Selected: CO. DONEGAL, KILLYBEGS, CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE (RC)
Name: | PAPWORTH, JOHN BUONAROTTI # |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, KILLYBEGS, CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE (RC) |
Date: | 1839 |
Nature: | New Gothic cruciform church with tower, 'the model taken from an ancient ruin in in the neighbourhood'. Executed entirely by local tradesmen. For Alexander Murray of Broughton, Wigtownshire. Designed between 1834 and 1839. Begun early 1842. Opened 25 Dec 1844. |
Refs: | Drawings in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection PB1301/PAP[13](1-4), see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/ScdsguhqkN/MAIN_CAT/234020011/13 (last visited May 2009) and Jill Lever, ed., Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects: Office of J.B. Papworth (1977), 14; Catholic Directory (1846), 215, fig. 7; Howard Colvin, A Biographical dictionary of British architects 1600-1840 (4th edn., 2008), 778; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 331 |
Name: | MCLAUGHLIN, CHARLES VINCENT |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, KILLYBEGS, CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE (RC) |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | Alts. & imps. |
Refs: | IB 77, 9 Feb,1 Jun 1935, 117,481 |