Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WICKLOW, REDCROSS (AVOCA), CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. WICKLOW, REDCROSS (AVOCA), CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI)
Date: 1829
Nature: New church, licensed for Divine Service, 2 Jan 1830.  Consecrated, 1 Sep 1834. A 'small, neat edifice without tower or spire...on a spot which...was gratuitously presented by the Earl of Wicklow' (Lewis).
Refs: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 511;  Clergy of Dublin and Glendalough (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2001), 321; exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 301.  

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. WICKLOW, REDCROSS (AVOCA), CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI)
Date: 1899
Nature: Extensive repairs including new inner roof with diagonal & mould panelling, new platform, reredos, rails, pulpit, lectern, substitution of plain glass with stained glass. Consecrated (or re-consecrated?), 29 Jul 1900.
Refs: Wicklow Newsletter, 23 Sep,30 Oct 1899, 21 Jul 1900.