Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ROSS ROAD (FERRYBANK), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)

Name: PUGIN & ASHLIN
Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ROSS ROAD (FERRYBANK), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)
Date: 1866-67
Nature: Proposed new church, to be erected at sole expense of Sir Henry Page Turner Barron, 2nd Bt. Tower only being erected at present. Body of existing church to be replaced later. Tower walls carried down to form Barron family vault. Contractor: James Scanlon, Elgin Rd, Dublin; information from Dr Gerard Hyland, citing  http://www.ferrybankparish.com/history/index.htm
Refs: Drawings, 1866-7, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.94/28,40,41,42; DB 8, 1 Jul 1866, 166(illus.); Frederick O'Dwyer, 'A Victorian Partnership - the architecture of Pugin & Ashlin', in J. Graby, ed.,150 Years of Architecture in Ireland: the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland 1839-1989, (RIAI, 1989), 59

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, ROSS ROAD (FERRYBANK), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)
Date: 1902-1911
Nature: Completion of body of church and mausoleum. Old body of church demolished, 1903. FS of new body laid 13 Apr 1904. Completed 1906. Erected at sole expense of Air Henry Page Turner, Bt. New altar, 1906; mausoleum not completed until 1911 (or later).
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.94, also IAA, Michael Scott collection, 89/44.50-56; IB 45, 21 May 1903, 1728; 47, 7 Oct 1905, 710; 48, 28 Jan 1906, 70;  information from Dr Gerard Hyland, citing http://www.ferrybankparish.com/history/index.htm .