Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, QUEEN STREET, CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENNA (RC, DOMINICAN)

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, QUEEN STREET, CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENNA (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1873-1875;1884
Nature: New church. Cost: £8,600. FS laid 23 May 1873. Dedicated 17 Oct 1875. Spire completed, 1884.
Refs: Drawings of benches (one dated 17 Nov 1874), mosaic decoration, high altar, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.137; IB 17, 15 Feb, 1 Sep 1875, 50 (illus.), 248;  Irish Times, 18 Oct 1875;  E. Campbell, Ecclesiastical Buildings in the Diocese of Dromore (1940), 4

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, QUEEN STREET, CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE OF SIENNA (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: ?
Nature: Mosaic decoration in chancel & chapels.
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.137/1-7;  Information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013, citing Oppenheimer brochures of 1905 and 1915ca .