Name: |
UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: |
CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILDROUGHT PARISH) |
Date: |
1812-13 |
Nature: |
New church with tower and spire, erected by loan of £1500 from late Board of First Fruits (Lewis). Descr. in |Architect| as 'conventicle kind of structure' with 4 square walls, flat plastered ceiling, galleries on 3 sides and parlour. High backed pews, 8 of of which had fireplaces. |
Refs: |
S. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 320; Architect 30, 20 Sep 1884, 188
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Name: |
DREW, THOMAS (SIR) |
Building: |
CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILDROUGHT PARISH) |
Date: |
1883-84 |
Nature: |
New church on site of earlier structure of circa 1810, end walls of which stand on old foundations. Exterior of Whitehaven stone, interior of Bath stone. Consists of nave, N aisle, NW chapel for organ, chancel with vestry. Pulpit, font & credence table designed by TD and executed by Sharp & Emery, Dublin. Brass altar rail by Borwn & Downing, Birmingham. Oak desks by Whippel & Co., Exeter. Brasses by Lavers, Barraud & Westlake, London. Builder: Samuel Bolton. £2,607. Consecrated Sep 1884. |
Refs: |
IAA, PKS 0637, B11/38, B12/12, A07, p.132 (Feb 1883-Jun 1884); IB 26, ? Jan,15 Sep 1884, 14,273; Architect 30, 20 Sep 1884, 188; J. Williams, A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921 (1994), 231-2; extexterior ilus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 300.
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