Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, MITCHELSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. CORK, MITCHELSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1834a
Nature: New church, 'a handsome cruciform edifice, in the later English style of architecture, and flanked in the front with two octangular towers surmounted by cupolas; it is embellished with a window of elegant design, and strengthened at the angles with buttresses terminating in pinnacles.'(Lewis). Site given by Earl of Kingston, 1824. Consecrated by Dr Crotty, 1834. Original dedication to St Fanahan. (Attribution to J. & G.R. Pain suggested by Lee & Jacobs.)
Refs: Southern Reporter, 6 Jun 1825; Cork Mercantile Chronicle, 8 Sep 1834; Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, II, 373; David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), 120

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. CORK, MITCHELSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1847
Nature: Front remodelled, with tower and spire.
Refs: David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), 120-121

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. CORK, MITCHELSTOWN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1924?
Nature: Communion gates & railing, for Fr. William Rice, PP <=1915->=1927; tabernacle.
Refs: Undated tracings in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.128.