Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CAVAN, KNOCKBRIDE, CHURCH (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. CAVAN, KNOCKBRIDE, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1820
Nature: 'The church,, a small but very neat edifice in good repair, was built by a gift of £100 and a loan of £550 from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1820.'(Lewis)  According to Costegalde & Walker, it was built in 1825 and enlarged ih1858 and 1870 by addition of transepts and vestry.
Refs: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 239;  Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 240(illus.) 

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. CAVAN, KNOCKBRIDE, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1870
Nature: Addition of N aisle & vestry. Contractor: Robert Smith.
Refs: Signed drawing(s), also signed by contractor, 18 Jul 1870, in RCB Library, portfolio 20;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 293.