Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, SANDYS STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST)

Name: DUFF, THOMAS J. [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, SANDYS STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST)
Date: 1829
Nature: TD involved in design of church, opened in 1830.
Refs: Paul Larmour, 'That eminent and tasteful architect', Perspective 7, No. 1 (Sep-Oct 1998), 59;  illus. in  Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 296.


Name: DUFF, THOMAS J. [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, SANDYS STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST)
Date: 1840
Nature: Monumental tomb to Rev. John Mitchel (d.1840) (in church or in burial ground?).
Refs: Extracts from Newry Commercial Telegraph, 26 May 1840, in Crossle MSS, NLI 2209

Name: BARRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, SANDYS STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST)
Date: 1864
Nature: Lecture hall & improvements to interior.
Refs: DB 6, 15 Dec 1864, 261

Name: WATSON, WILLIAM JAMES
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, SANDYS STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST)
Date: 1878
Nature: Tender of Wheelan & Watson of £692 for carrying out internal alts. & imps.accepted.
Refs: IB 20, 15 Feb 1878, 63