Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch Plan and elevation by George Coppinger Ashlin & Thomas Aloysius Coleman, architects, 7 Dawson Street, for the new Sacred Heart Chapel designed for Fr. Laurence Dowling OSFC, Guardian, Church Street. The Sacred Heart Chapel was an aisle-church addition to St. Mary of the Angels. Construction was begun in March 1908 and was completed a year later at a cost of £4,000. The contractors were W. Connolly & Son and plastering work was completed by John Ryan. The design includes a ground floor plan, a side elevation from the friary garden, a longitudinal section, a front elevation, and a cross section.
Scale: 88 feet to 1 inch Plan by the City Engineer, Dublin Corporation, relating to the proposed scheme to widen Mary’s Lane and to build artisan’s dwellings. The plan also delineates the ground and plots which will be required by the Corporation for a similar scheme for the New Street and St. Michan’s Street area. The area is demarcated in red ink.
Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch Plan of 141 Church Street drawn by John L. Robinson C.E., architect, 198 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin. The plot is bordered to the south by the chapel yard, and Capuchin Church, to the west by Bow Street. and to the east by Church Street. The frontage onto Church Street measures 65 feet. A portion of the premises is colour-washed and is described as the ‘Capuchin Presbytery’.
Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch Plan of premises at 21 Bow Street demised to the Capuchin friars drawn by C. Carmody, C.E., 29 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin. The plot is bounded to north by 22 Bow Street, a passage way and a school house, and to the east by the Chapel Yard and Curtins’ Yard. The frontage onto Bow Street measures 38 feet 4 inches. An annotation on the reverse reads: ‘map of premises on Church Street upon part of which the Church Street Chapel is built’.
Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch Plan delineating the boundary of demised house, yards and shed at 21 Bow Street. The plot is bounded to north by 22 Bow Street, a passage way and a school house, and to the east by the Chapel Yard and Curtins’ Yard. The frontage onto Bow Street measures 38 feet 4 inches. An annotation in the left-hand margin of the plan reads: ‘The red line indicates the boundary’.
Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch Plan of demised premises on Church Street bordered to the north by a passageway and by St. Mary of the Angels, to the west by a kiln, and to the south by a yard. The frontage onto Church Street measures 53 feet 4 inches and the total depth of the plot measures 262 feet.
No scale given Architectural plan by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, for heating works for the proposed extension and new library at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The plan shows heating arrangements for the ground, first and second floors
Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch Plan of numbered premises on Mary’s Lane bordered to the west by Church Street and to the east by George’s Hill. The premises are numbered 13-27 and 41-56 and are intersected by Beresford Street and Greek Street. The plot numbered 43½ is described as an ‘old vegetable market’.
Plan by Charles James McCarthy (1858-1947), architect, 12 Westland Row, Dublin (the son of James Joseph McCarthy, architect of St. Mary of the Angels), titled ‘General plan showing proposed Third Order Chapel, Choir and Additions to Capuchin Convent’. Various annotations have been added to the plan. The proposed Third Order Chapel fronted onto Church Street and was designed ‘to accommodate 300 persons’. The plan also contains a note indicating that ‘sixteen cells are provided on upper floors of proposed additions to convent’. The additions (bordered in red ink) also consist of an entrance hall, a large parlour and two reception rooms. See also CA CS/2/6/2/1.
Scale: ½ inch to 1 foot Plan of renovation work on the main entrance lobby to the Capuchin Friary, Church Street, by William A. Maguire & Associates, 34 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2. The project file number is noted as 251: drawing number 12. The plan and sections are annotated to indicate the nature of renovation work to be completed. See section below titled Church and Friary Renovation 1970-1975.
