1907 – St. Colman Church of Ireland, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim

Never received the unusual cupola to the tower. Fine stained glass window collection.

“The foundation stone of a new church at Dunmurry, County Antrim, was laid on August 13th. The site is well elevated, and the church will be seen from all parts of the village. The building is to be in late Perpendicular Gothic style, of stone from the Scrabo Quarries at Newtownards; built in rubble masonry, with smooth margins to the quoins and buttresses, and dressed stonework round the windows and doorways; also for the window mullions and the internal arches. The interior will be almost go feet long and 37 feet wide, and is entered through the porch, which forms the base of the tower at the south-west corner, in which is laid the foundation stone. Although the foundations are to be of sufficient strength, it is not proposed to erect the spire at present. The woodwork is to be of pitch-pine, the roof to be covered with Westmoreland green slates. An organ chamber is to be provided, and the building will be heated with hot water and lighted by acetylene gas. The builders entrusted with the work are Messrs. Robert Corry, Ltd., and the architects are Messrs. Blackwood and Jury, M.R.I.A.” The Irish Builder, September 7 1907.