Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, ST JOHN'S SQUARE, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)

Name: WELLAND, JOSEPH
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, ST JOHN'S SQUARE, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)
Date: 1851-52
Nature: Rebuilding. Neo-Norman. Nave with N & S aisles, tower & spire at W end of S side. Intended to accommodate 1000 persons. FS laid 15 Jan 1851. Dedicated 24 Jun 1852. Builder: Barker.
Refs: Signed undated drawings, inscr. with date of dedication, in RCB Library, portfolio 22; B 8, 12 Oct 1850, 488; 9, 1 Feb,31 May 1851, 77,346; DB 1, 1 Feb,1 Apr 1859, 17,43; APSD, L, 92 (gives date wrongly as 1843); M. Lenihan, Hisotry of Limerick (1866), 685 (also gives date wrongly as 1843)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, ST JOHN'S SQUARE, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI)
Date: 1877
Nature: T have new hot water heating system, new gate to churchyard, new brass standard lamps and new prayer desk.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 19, no. 220, Jul 1877,