Name: |
MEASON, JOHN [1] |
Building: |
CO. WEXFORD, RATHASPECK, CHURCH (CI) |
Date: |
1823-24 |
Nature: |
Vestry orders 'that two guineas be paid to John Meason for a plan and estimate for a new church', 16 Apr 1823. JM asked to prepare plan and estimate for interior at vestry meeting ot 13 Jan 1824. Tender of John Mason [sic] for building tower of £227.17s.2d. accepted, 3 May 1824. 'The churc, which is a neat plain building ... was rebuilt in 1823, at an expense of baout £900, aided by a grant from the lat Board of First Fruits.'(Lewis)
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Refs: |
Plan and elevation in NLI, AD 1714; RCB Library, 'An account of of all sums of money levied for building and repairing of churches...June 1824' (information from Frank Keohane); Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 488.
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