| Name: |
UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
| Building: |
CO. WESTMEATH, KILLUCAN, CHURCH OF ST ETCHEN (CI) |
| Date: |
1803-1815 |
| Nature: |
'The church, for the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits gave £100 and granted a loan of £1200, in 1816, is handsome edifice with a well-proportioned spire, and contains the sepulchral vault of the Pakenham family.'(Lewis) Built between 1803 and 1815.
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| Refs: |
Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), 156; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 361; exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 317.
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| Name: |
PHILLIPS, ROBERT BOYLE |
| Building: |
CO. WESTMEATH, KILLUCAN, CHURCH OF ST ETCHEN (CI) |
| Date: |
1878 |
| Nature: |
Church reopened after thorough renovation. Gallery removed, new openwork roof put up, new floors and seats, addition of chancel and vestry room, 6 stained glass windows. Contractor: Samuel Bolton.
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| Refs: |
Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 20, no. 229, 1 Apr 1878,101; Irish Times, 21 Oct 1878; exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 317.
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