Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, AGNEW STREET, CHURCH OF ST MACNISSI (RC)

Name: YOUNG, ROBERT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, AGNEW STREET, CHURCH OF ST MACNISSI (RC)
Date: 1857-59
Nature: New church, replacing one of 1831 which had become too small.  eARLY eNGLISH gOTHIC STYLE. bAQSALT RUBBLE WITH SANDSTONE DRESSINGS. dedicated 17 Jul 1859
Refs: James O’Laverty, An historical account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern (1878), ?;  Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 144(illus.), 261.

Name: MACALISTER, ALEXANDER
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, AGNEW STREET, CHURCH OF ST MACNISSI (RC)
Date: 1879
Nature: Gallery. Contractor: Robert Howard.
Refs: IB 21, 1 Sep 1879, 274

Name: BYRNE, E. & J.
Building: CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, AGNEW STREET, CHURCH OF ST MACNISSI (RC)
Date: 1903-1905
Nature: New sanctuary, sacristy, & transepts.  Church rededicated, 3 Sep 1905
Refs: IB 45, 26 Feb 1903, 1618;  Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 261.