Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILDROUGHT PARISH)

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

Name: DREW, THOMAS (SIR)
Building: CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILDROUGHT PARISH)
Date: 1883-1885
Nature: New organ chamber. Builder: S.H. Bolton.
Refs: IAA, PKS, A07, p.140 (Jun 1883, Mar 1885)

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.

Name: WESTLAKE, NATHANIEL HUBERT JOHN *#
Building: CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILDROUGHT PARISH)
Date: 1884
Nature: Brasses by Laver, Barraud & Westlake.
Refs: Architect 30, 20 Sep 1884, 188

Name: HEMS, HARRY *#
Building: CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILDROUGHT PARISH)
Date: 1884
Nature: Oak altar.
Refs: Architect 30, 20 Sep 1884, 188

Name: BUCKLEY, MICHAEL JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM *
Building: CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, KILDROUGHT PARISH)
Date: 1902
Nature: Carved stone reredos and 4 stained glass windows
Refs: Paul Larmour, The Arts & Crafts Movement in Ireland (1992), 129