Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ARMAGH, BESSBROOK, CHRIST CHURCH (CAMLOUGH CI PARISH)

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. ARMAGH, BESSBROOK, CHRIST CHURCH (CAMLOUGH CI PARISH)
Date: 1866-68
Nature: New T-shaped church (replacing one of 1772.see E. Rogers, Topographical Sketches of Armagh & Tyrone (1874), ?) with semi-circular chancel. Tower and spire over fuel store; S porch. Contractor: Matthew Doolin. (Enlarged in 1887 and damaged by mortar-bomb, 1993.)
Refs: Signed drawing(s), also signed by contractor 19 Nov 1866, in RCB Library, portfolio 2A; Irish Church Directory (1869), ?;  Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013),121(illus.).

Name: FULLERTON, JOHN HENRY
Building: CO. ARMAGH, BESSBROOK, CHRIST CHURCH (CAMLOUGH CI PARISH)
Date: 1882
Nature: Addition of W gallery. Church reopened, 20 May 1882. Contractor: A. Whelan, Newry.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 24, no. 127, 3 Jun 1882, 394.