Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, ROSTREVOR, CHURCH OF ST BRONACH (CI, KILBRONEY PARISH)

Name: DUFF, THOMAS J. [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, ROSTREVOR, CHURCH OF ST BRONACH (CI, KILBRONEY PARISH)
Date: 1818-1822
Nature: New church with tower, described by Lewis as 'a handsome cruciform edifice, with a lofty tower and pinnacles'. Listed by Dixon as an undated work by TD. FS laid by Edward Ross, 22 Jul 1818; in use by Easter 1822;  problems with damp, 1823.
Refs: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 56;  file on Duff compiled by Hugh Dixon in PRONI (reference from Christine Casey);  Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down & Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996),196(illus.)

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. DOWN, ROSTREVOR, CHURCH OF ST BRONACH (CI, KILBRONEY PARISH)
Date: 1863p
Nature: Enlargement (transepts, chancel & robing room) by trustees of estates of late Earl of Kilmore.
Refs: Signed, dated drawing, inscr. with date of contract (1863), in RCB Library, portfolio 12; DB 4, 15 Mar 1862, 69;  Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down & Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 196-7, gives date as 1866-7