Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ARBOUR HILL, BARRACKS CHAPEL

Name: CUMING, RICHARD CLEVERTON
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ARBOUR HILL, BARRACKS CHAPEL
Date: 1845-48
Nature: Designed by RCC under 'direction' of Maj. Gen. G.G. Lewis; who took his idea for the external features of the church from 'a church lately built in the west of England' which had its stairs placed outside body of building. Contractor: Gilbert Cockburn. (See also Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 246n.)
Refs: Plans and specifications (dated Apr 1845) in G.G. Lewis, 'Description of a military chapel, built for part of the garrison of Dublin', Papers on subjects connected with the duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers New series, 2 (1852), 25-33;  record drawings in Military Archives, Dublin; Maps. Plans and Drawings Collection;  Kenneth Ferguson, 'The Garrison Church, Arbour Hill', Irish Sword Vol. 25, No. 100 (Winter, 2006), 145-148