Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, LAURENCE STREET, METHODIST CHURCH

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, LAURENCE STREET, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1811
Nature: Church built in 1811, FS having been laid by Dr Adam Clarke; ''a square two-storey building, with pointed windows…remarkable for the simplicity of architectural effect, which is a characteristic of the churches of the Methodist body throughourt Ireland'. Ground floor used for Sunday school, upper storey for worship. 'The walls are in light tint with outlined panels of deep blue'.
Refs: George Henry Bassett, Louth County Guide and Directory (1886), 100-101

Name: SYKES, HERBERT THOMPSON
Building: CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, LAURENCE STREET, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1911
Nature: Church, dating from 1811, reopened after renovation and improvement. Contractor: T. Creasor.
Refs: IB 53, 8 Jul 1911, 462; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 241