Selected: CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI)
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1745 |
Nature: | Repairs after collapse of roof. (But cf. JRSAI 35 (1905), 317, which says that chancel roof fell in in 1754.) |
Refs: | Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), 371. |
Name: | MYERS, CHRISTOPHER [1] |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1778 |
Nature: | Tower and spire erected. Cost £500. Attr. to CM by O'Dwyer. |
Refs: |
G.N. Wright, Tours in Ireland (1823), ?; Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), 371; JRSAI 35 (1905), 317; Frederick O'Dwyer, 'In search of Christopher Myers' in Michael McCarthy & Karina O'Neill, eds., Studies in the Gothic Revival (Dublin, 2008), 105(illus.). |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1787 |
Nature: | Vestry added. |
Refs: | JRSAI 35 (1905), 317 |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1818 |
Nature: | Windows repaired. |
Refs: | Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), 371 |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1820 |
Nature: | Gallery erected. |
Refs: | Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1830 |
Nature: | N transept restored by Marquess of Donegall. |
Refs: | JRSAI 35 (1905), 317 |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1831 |
Nature: | Pillars at front erected. |
Refs: | Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), 371 |
Name: | ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1864 |
Nature: | Proposed restoration and rebuilding. Part of funds will be supplied by Ecclesiastical Commissioners. |
Refs: | DB 6, 15 Nov 1864, 236 (unsigned, undated ground plan of cruciform church in RCB Library, portfolio 7; note says 'Chancel Rail same as Kilfinane, Dio. Limerick', which may date drawing to 1850s) |
Name: | DREW, THOMAS (SIR) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1872-73 |
Nature: | Restoration, including new roof and seating. |
Refs: | Drawing exh. RHA 1874, no. 288; IB 15, 15 Apr 1873, 114; Architect 16, 21 Oct 1876, 242(illus.); T. Drew, The Ancient Church of St Nicholas, Carrickfergus (Dublin: Ponsonby. Belfast: W. Erskine Mayne, 1873?); Handbook of the United Dicese of Down & Connor & Dromore (Belfast, 1886), 84; Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), 371 |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | New organ by Conacher & Co., Huddersfield, installed. Specification prepared by Frederick C. Smythe, Mus. Bach., TCD. |
Refs: | Belfast News Letter, 23 Sep 1876 |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1907 |
Nature: | Repairs. |
Refs: | Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), 371 |
Name: | O'BRIEN, CATHERINE * |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1911;1929 |
Nature: | 3-light window (Good Samaritan, Good Shepherd and Prodigal Son), 1911, attr. to C O'B by Bowe, Caron & Wynne. Single-light window (St Andrew), 1929. |
Refs: |
Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 32. |
Name: | CHILD, ALFRED ERNEST * |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | 3-light window in S. transept, SS. Columba, Patrick & Aidan, attr. to AEC |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 32 |
Name: | CLOSE, RICHARD MILLS |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1913;1919;1931; |
Nature: | Restoration, window in S. transept and erection of war memorial bell tower. Choir stalls & war memorial panels in tower carved by Harry Hems. FS of bell tower laid 25 Oct 1919. To cost £3,000. |
Refs: | IB 61, 8 Nov 1919, 502(illus.); IB 73, 14 Mar 1931, 240; 78, 30 May 1936, 456 |
Name: | RHIND, ETHEL * |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | Stained glass window: St John. |
Refs: | Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (1988), 32 |