Selected: CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC)
Name: | DUFF, THOMAS J. [1] |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1825-29 |
Nature: | New cathedral on site given by Lord Downshire. Foundation 8 Jun 1825; dedication 6 May 1829, but not finished until later. |
Refs: | IB 30, 15 Mar 1888, 83; Archaeological Survey of Co. Down (1966), 350; E. Campbell, Ecclesiastical Buildings of the Diocese of Dromore (1940), 3; IB 30, 15 Mar 1888, 83; Douglas Scott Richardson, Gothic Revival Architecture in Ireland (1983), 217-219; Paul Larmour, 'That eminent and tasteful architect', Perspective 7, No. 1 (Sep-Oct 1998), 58-59(illus.) |
Name: | BARRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1851 |
Nature: | Improvements. |
Refs: | Extract from Newry Telegraph, 20 Sep 1851, in Crossle MSS, NLI 2210, p. 377 (reference from Christine Casey) |
Name: | HEVEY, TIMOTHY |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1877-79 |
Nature: | Proposed new chancel, enlargement and improvements, for Rev. Bernard O'Hagan, administrator. Completed 1879. |
Refs: | Architect 17, 30 Jun 1877, 414(illus.); IB 21, 1 Sep 1879, 274; Sean O'Reilly, 'Timothy Hevey (1846-1878): an episode in Irish High Victorian architecture', Ph.D. thesis, submitted to the National University of Ireland, June 1994, 224-5 |
Name: | ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1888 |
Nature: | Additions, including tower, transepts, sacristy, organ gallery, porches, altars, communion railing, confessionals, new seating. Clerk of works: Richard Hynes. |
Refs: | Drawings in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.138; IB 30, 15 Mar, 15 Nov, 1 Dec 1888, 83, 279 (illus.), 297; E. Campbell, Ecclesiastical Buildings of the Diocese of Dromore (1940), 3 |
Name: | HYNES, RICHARD |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1888 |
Nature: | RH clerk of works for adds. designed by G.C. Ashlin. |
Refs: | IB 30, 1 Dec 1888, 297 |
Name: | ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1892-93;1897 |
Nature: | Marble pulpit. 14th cent. English Gothic. Main panel depicts Sermon on the Mount. Work executed by Harrison & Sons. Also communion gates and railing, credence table, tabernacle &c. |
Refs: | Drawings, some dated 1892-93 and 1897, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1; IB 35, 15 Jun 1893, 135 |
Name: | HARRISON, CHARLES LLOYD * |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1893 |
Nature: | Panels on pulpit (1893) and high altar carved by CLH. (Both designed by G.C. Ashlin) |
Refs: | IB 35, 15 Jun 1893, 135; obituary of CLH in IB 55, 13 Jun 1913, 411 |
Name: | OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *# |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1904-09 |
Nature: | Mosaic decoration in sanctuary, walls and floors in nave and aisles and in Lady Chapel and Sacred Heart Chapel. |
Refs: |
Information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013, citing Oppenheimer brochures of 1915ca and 192? (Mosaics for Chruch Decoration). |
Name: | ASHLIN & COLEMAN |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1904-9 |
Nature: | Enlargement, new chancel and vestries, renovation, electric light fittings. Tenders invited for erection of new chancel and sacristies, May 1904. Builder: Denis Neary (Newry) |
Refs: | Drawings in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.138; IB 46, 23 Apr,7 May,4 Jun 1904, 236-7,286,350; 47, 14 Jan 1905, 12; 48, 11 Aug 1906, 650; 50, 13 Jun 1908, 374; 51, 3 Apr 1909, 217; Irish Times, 19 May 1904; E. Campbell, Ecclesiastical Buildings of the Diocese of Dromore (1940), 3 |
Name: | REEVES, PERCY OSWALD * |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1920 |
Nature: | Tabernacle panel & background plate. For Ashlin & Coleman. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, 'The works of Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)' , Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 1 (1998), 47 |
Name: | MCLEAN & FORTE |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF SS PATRICK & COLMAN (RC) |
Date: | 1951 |
Nature: | Decoration, for Very Rev. E. Campbell, administrator. |
Refs: | IB 93, 20 Jan 1951, 92 |