Bill of costs of J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, to the Capuchins, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork. The costs mainly relate to legal services rendered in respect of the conveyancing and transfer of property title. With a manuscript annotation for the receipt of payment of £49 6s 3d.
Letters from J.C. & A. Blake, solicitors, 27 Marlboro Street, to Fr. Justin Hyland OFM Cap., guardian, Holy Trinity Friary, Cork, concerning a dispute with a Mrs Cussen, a tenant of 16 Queen Street (later Father Mathew Street), over repairs to the roof of the said property which she believes the Capuchins, as landlords, are responsible for.
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet An annotated plan showing three sections through Holy Trinity Church, Cork, by Kelly & Barry, architects, 16 Sidney Place, Cork. Includes sections showing altar and sacristy. File number: 283/4.
An annotated roof plan of Holy Trinity Church with details of renovation work to the existing parapets by Kelly & Barry, architects, 16 Sidney Place, Cork. File number: 283/5.
This section includes records relating to the construction and repair history of buildings held by the Capuchin Franciscans in Cork. The sub-series includes specifications for buildings, correspondence, bills of costs for construction, property upkeep and improvement, and contracts for repair and servicing.
Articles of contract of Fr. Cherubini Mazzini OSFC, Queen Street, with Joseph O’Reilly, 4 Anglesea Street, Cork, sculptor, for the work on the High Altar to be erected in Holy Trinity Church, Charlotte Quay, Cork. The contract refers to certain stipulations and conditions including the superintendence of Fr. Caesar Pascal OSFC over the work. The specification for the work is annexed to the contract which is to be completed for the total cost of £169. The specification outlines the design, ornamentation and materials to be used in the construction of the new altar. It also includes two small line drawings of the finials, designed by P.J. Scannell, 14 Douglas Street, which will support some of the statutes surrounding the altar.
Letter of contract by John Delany to Fr. Simeon Gaudillot OSFC (1836-1910), Commissary General, undertaking ‘to build the front wing of the Capuchin Convent, the ambulatory and the boundary wall according to the plans and specification proposed by Mr. Robert Walker, architect’. With a similar copy contract on the reverse in respect of the library wing of the said building.
Copy or draft proposal from Walter Glynn Doolin (1850-1902) for the completion of the façade and portico of Holy Trinity Church, Cork. Doolin proposes to complete the work for the sum of £6,000. It appeared that Doolin won the limited competition for the work on the façade of the Church but the designs of Dominick J. Coakley (d. 1914) were executed.
