Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, LEIGHMONEY, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)

Name: ATKINS, WILLIAM
Building: CO. CORK, LEIGHMONEY, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date: 1865-66
Nature: New church on bank of Innoshannon River. Spire supported by 8 marble shafts, and porch rests on marble pillars. Masonry enriched with bands of red brick. Interior walls lined with red, yellow and black brick. FS laid 31 May 1865. Consecrated 18 Dec 1866. (Demolished 1960.)
Refs: Contract drawing(s), signed and dated Apr 1865, in RCB Library, portfolio 9; DB 7, 15 Jun,1 Jul 1865, 149,164(illus.); 9, 1 Jan 1867, 14; B 25, 12 Jan 1867, 32; Irish Church Directory (1867-1868); Douglas Scott Richardson, Gothic Revival Architecture in Ireland (1983), 533; Jeremy Williams, 'William Atkins 1812-1887, a forgotten Cork Pre-Raphaelite' in A. Bernelle (ed.), Decantations: a tribute to Maurice Craig (1992), 247,249.