Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DERRY, LOUP, CHURCH OF ST MATTHIAS (CI, BALLYEGLISH PARISH)

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. DERRY, LOUP, CHURCH OF ST MATTHIAS (CI, BALLYEGLISH PARISH)
Date: 1866-68
Nature: New district church on land given by Salters' Company. First Pointed style. White limestone from Drapers' Company estate, with bands of Moneymore sandstone.FS laid 23 Jul 1866. Consecrated 15 Apr 1868. Contractor: G. Tipping.
Refs: IAA, PKS L1 (p.816);  Armagh Guardian, 24 Apr 1868;  IB 10, 1 May 1868, 116;129;  J.B. Leslie, Armagh Clergy & Parishes  (1911), ?;  Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 125;  Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 123(illus.).