1863 – St. Finian’s Lutheran Church, Adelaide Road, Dublin
Built for an obscure christian sect,
Built for an obscure christian sect,
In the 1860s the growth of the Presbyterian congregation and a substantial increase in rent on the Mary’s Abbey property made it desirable for the congregation to seek new premises.
The winning entry in an architectural competition,
Fine small bank branch in an Italianate style with manager’s residence to the rear.
Designed in 1864 as a school of medicine beside the three northside hospitals (Brunswick,
Pretty little church building in its own extensive grounds.
A rebuilt and revised corner building on a Wide Streets Commissioners plan,
The original building was an exact elevational copy of the Natural History Museum by Frederick Clarendon across Leinster Lawn.
Gothic revival institution not much larger than a large Victorian house “for respectable but reduced aged protestants”,
Demolished to make way for an extension to the Jervis Hospital.