Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, HOLLYMOUNT, CHURCH (CI)

Name: LANYON, CHARLES (SIR)
Building: CO. DOWN, HOLLYMOUNT, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1839-40
Nature: Built largely at expense of Lady Hariett Forde, with assistance from Down & Connor Church Accommodation Society. FS laid Easter Tuesday 1839 by Matthew Willam Forde. Preacher: Rev. T. Drew (father of Thomas Drew). Opened 1 Mar 1840. Consecrated 1 Aug 1841.
Refs: Downpatrick Recorder, 7 Mar 1840 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44);  Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 123(illus.);  exterior also illus in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 191.

Name: MOORE, WILLIAM [3]
Building: CO. DOWN, HOLLYMOUNT, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1839-40
Nature: WM supervised erection of building to plan provided by Lanyon.
Refs: Downpatrick Recorder, 7 Mar 1840, quoted by C.E.B. Brett, East Down (UAHS, 1973), 32; 'Mr Moore, architect' also mentioned in Downpatrick Recorder, 6 Apr 1839 and 19 Jun 1841 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44).