1812 – St. George’s Church of Ireland, High Street, Belfast
Architect: John Bowden
Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, Views in Belfast (1833), as “Situated in High-street, and erected in the years 1811-12,
John Bowden (d.1822)
Served his apprenticeship with Richard Morrison after studying at the Dublin Society Schools, Bowden was architect to the Board of First Fruits of the Church of Ireland from 1813 to 1821. He designed many churches and courthouses around the country including St Stephen’s Church of Ireland in Mount Street Dublin. St Stephen’s was completed by his student Joseph Welland after his death.
1814 – Former Foyle College, Derry
Architect: John Bowden
Foyle College traces its origins to 1617 and the establishment of the Free Grammar School at Society Street within the city walls of Derry by Mathias Springham of the Merchant Taylors’
1817 – Court House, Derry
Architect: John Bowden
Classical courthouse with tetrastyle Ionic portico. Surmounted by statues of Justice & Peace on wings which are stated in Ordnance Survey memoir for Derry to be by ‘the late’
1821 – St Stephen’s Church of Ireland, Mount Street, Dublin
Architect: John Bowden
Centred in the middle of Mount Street Crescent, St Stephens’ is better known to Dubliners as the Peppercanister due its distinctive spire.
1824 – St. Philip and St. James Church, Booterstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: John Bowden & J. Rawson Carroll
Constructed on a site donated by the Earl of Pembroke and funded a grant by the Board of First Fruits,
