Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, AGHADOWN, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (CI)

Name: HILL, HENRY
Building: CO. CORK, AGHADOWN, CHURCH OF ST MATTHEW (CI)
Date: 1873
Nature: New Early French Gothic church for 260 person, built on new site granted by John H. Becher of Loughrine. Consecrated, Aug 1873.  Architects: Henry and Arthur Hilll. Supervising architect W.H. Hill, diocesan architect. Contractor: Thomas Pemberton, Dublin. Stained glass E window presented by the O'Donovan.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 15, no. 171, 21 Aug 1873, 433; no. 172, 22 Sep 1873, 463;  IB 15, 1 Sep 1873, 240; B 31, 20 Sep 1873, 752;  exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 364.