Eagle lectern, Holy Trinity Church, Westport
The Eagle Lectern, Holy Trinity Church, Westport, adorned in Advent.
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A Last Hurrah
by theirishaesthete reproduced for archival: https://theirishaesthete.com/2022/09/30/holy-trinity-westport/ This week marks the 150 Anniversary of the consecration of Holy Trinity in Westport, County Mayo, thought to be the last church to be built prior to the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland in 1871, and therefore acting as a last hurrah of the old ecclesiastical order in this country. Designed by Thomas Newenham Deane and constructed on a site provided by the third Marquess of Sligo, the building replaced a late 18th century church (now ruinous) elsewhere on the estate. The work is thought to have cost more than £80,000, this high price explained by the exceptional craftsmanship evident throughout, not least the elaborate carvings around all doors and windows on the exterior; these were the work of one William Ridge, about whom it appears little else is known. The interior is just as generously decorated with stained glass provided by Alexander Gibbs and Company of Lo...
Holy Trinity Westport
Information from the National Built Heritage Service https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/31212019/holy-trinity-church-oughaval-newport-street-westport-demesne-burr-by-westport-mayo Survey Data Reg No 31212019 Rating National Categories of Special Interest Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical Original Use Church/chapel In Use As Church/chapel Date 1865 - 1875 Coordinates 99782, 284671 Date Recorded 15/08/2008 Description Detached five-bay double-height Ecclesiastical Commissioners' Church of Ireland church, designed 1869; built 1869-71; consecrated 1872; extant 1897, comprising four-bay double-height nave opening into single-bay full-height apse (east) on an engaged half-octagonal plan with single-bay two-stage turret (south-east) on a square plan supporting octagonal "pencil spire". Restored, 1984-6. Interior including vestibule (west); pointed segmental-headed door opening into nave with timber double doors having overpanel; f...