Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)

Name: DARLEY, HUGH *
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1748-1752
Nature: New church attr. to HD. Consecrated 1 Sep 1752.
Refs: Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 48,237,Pls.71,72;  Michael Graham, St Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda (2002) says attr. has been questioned  (information from Dr David Lawrence, Gladestry, Powys, Jul 2012).

Name: JOHNSTON, FRANCIS
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1785ca
Nature: Spire.
Refs: E.McP files, citing Drogheda Corporation Book, 7 Oct 1785; 'A letter from Francis Johnston', BIGS 6 (no. 1), Jan-Mar 1963, 3; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 238

Name: HICKEY, JOHN [2]*
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1787
Nature: Monument to Henry Singleton, Chief Justice of Ireland.
Refs: W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), I, 481; H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments (UAHS, 1975), 49

Name: SMYTH, JOHN [4]*
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1837P
Nature: Memorial bust of Rev. John Magee (d. 1837).
Refs: Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 81

Name: SMYTH, JOHN [4]*
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1837P
Nature: Memorial bust of John Ball (d. 1813) 'may be confidently attributed ' to JS.
Refs: Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 81

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1866
Nature: Tenders invited for 'extensive works', Feb 1866. New sittings. Contractor: J. & E. Barker.
Refs: General Advertiser, 17 Feb 1866; signed ground plan, also signed by contractors, Apr 1866, in RCB Library, portfolio 2B; DB 7, 1 Aug 1865, 193

Name: DODD, PATRICK JOSEPH
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1873-74
Nature: Design for cut stone tracery of window in memory of St George Smith.
Refs: P.J. Geraghty, 'P.J. Dodd of Drogheda, Architect and Civil Engineer', in Journal of the Old Drogheda Society No. 9 (1994), 12

Name: CAPRONNIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE *#
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1876
Nature: Stained glass window, representing Dorcas and Good Samaritan, in memory of rectror's wife, Harriete Eccles (d. 1874) erected in S wall of nave.
Refs: IB 18, 15 Jun 1876, 183;  Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 18, no. 206, 23 Jun 1876, 181;  Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 238;  illus. in Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/3390/ (last visited, Sep 2015).

Name: DODD, PATRICK JOSEPH
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1879
Nature: For Walter Kelly, Town Commissioner.
Refs: P.J. Geraghty, 'P.J. Dodd of Drogheda, Architect and Civil Engineer', in Journal of the Old Drogheda Society No. 9 (1994), 18.

Name: DODD, PATRICK JOSEPH
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1883-84
Nature: Repairs and alterations, including reconstruction of galleries.
Refs: P.J. Geraghty, 'P.J. Dodd of Drogheda, Architect and Civil Engineer', in Journal of the Old Drogheda Society No. 9 (1994), 23

Name: SHAW, FREDERICK
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1909
Nature: New communion table, dedicated, 5 Dec 1909, by Archbishop of Dublin. 'The new table is a handsome piece of oak carving, executed by Hems of Exeter.  It is placed upon a platform of green marble, made by Sharpe of Dublin, under the supervision of Mr. F. Shaw, architect.'
Refs: Irish Times, 11 Dec 1909.

Name: HEMS, HARRY *#
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, PETER'S HILL, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI)
Date: 1909
Nature: New communion table. 'The new table is a handsome piece of oak carving, executed by Hems of Exeter.  It is placed upon a platform of green marble, made by Sharpe of Dublin, under the supervision of Mr. F. Shaw, architect.'
Refs: Irish Times, 11 Dec 1909.