Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET LOWER, NO. 008½, METHODIST CHURCH  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: BECKETT, GEORGE FRANCIS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET LOWER, NO. 008½, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1901-1902
Nature: Rebuilding of church of 1820. New front elevation 'a busy nondescript mish-mash of nine bays, with four tiers of various window types and advanced curved-topped ends' (Casey).  Dedicated 5 Sep 1902.  Contr: Thompson & Son, Belfast. Cost: £5,188.  Dedicated 5 Sep 1902.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0832 and A08 (May 1901); IB 43, 6 Jun,12 Sep 1901, 752,860; 22 May 1902, 1262;  Irish Times, 6 Sep 1902;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),137.