Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, BALLYNACRAIG (DOWNPATRICK), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, INCH PARISH)

Name: DARLEY, HUGH *
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYNACRAIG (DOWNPATRICK), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, INCH PARISH)
Date: 1742
Nature: Payment of of £11 10s. 5½d made HD by Robert Maxwell, 14 Apr 1742. As nothing else in accounts suggests that he was involved in work to the house at Finnebrogue, payment was possibly for new C of I church (Inch parish) dated 1742 by Lewis..
Refs: Accounts of Robert Maxwell of Finnebrogue, PRONI D/1556/16/14/10 (information from William Roulston)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYNACRAIG (DOWNPATRICK), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, INCH PARISH)
Date: 1742;1784;1826
Nature: 'The church, erected in 1742, and enlarged and repaired by a loan from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1831, is a handsome structure, with a tower and spire , added in 1784, and a transverse aisle added in 1826' (Lewis;  but according to Rankin, Rev. F.W. Mant dated tower, spire and transepts to 1835.)
Refs: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), 14;  Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 128(illus.). 

Name: LYNN, JOHN [1]
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYNACRAIG (DOWNPATRICK), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, INCH PARISH)
Date: 1835
Nature: JL contractor for new ceiling and insertion of timber mullions in north windows and probably also for addition of tower and spire in same year.
Refs: Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical  Foundation, 1996), 128(illus.); Gordon Wheeler, 'John Lynn - Architect/Contractor/Engineer', Lecale Miscellany (1997), 41(illus.),42

Name: MAYER & CO. *#
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYNACRAIG (DOWNPATRICK), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, INCH PARISH)
Date: 1888
Nature: New E window, presented by Robert Perceval-Maxwell in memory of his wife. (Transept windows installed , 1907, in memory of Robert Perceval-Maxwell.)
Refs: Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 128.

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYNACRAIG (DOWNPATRICK), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, INCH PARISH)
Date: 1889
Nature: Alts. & imps., including fixing of stained glass window by Meyer of Munich in chancel, tiling of chancel floor, brass chancel rail, lectern and altar desk, addition of vestry.  Church reopened, Jan 1889.
Refs: IB 31, 1 Jan 1889, 13;  Irish Times, 11 Jan 1889.

Name: BLACKWOOD & JURY
Building: CO. DOWN, BALLYNACRAIG (DOWNPATRICK), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, INCH PARISH)
Date: 1925
Nature: Renovation, including re-roofing and enlargement of chancel.
Refs: IB 67, 21 Mar 1925, 230; Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), Part 1, 129.