Scale: 20 feet to 1 inch Sketch map of premises numbered 24 and 25 [Bow Street] demised by Patrick Regan to the Capuchins. (See CA CS/2/2/4/14). Manuscript annotations refer to the mortgages on said premises. The sketch map is drawn onto a printed map of premises in Christ Church Place at the junction of Fishamble Street in Dublin. The reverse is annotated in pencil with a sketch of various premises and plots off Church Street and endorsed with the names of the various owners and lessors.
The item is titled a ‘Rough map of premises on Church Street and Bow Street, Dublin, the property of the Capuchin Fathers’ by John L. Robinson, architect, 198 Great Brunswick Street, Dublin. The properties and lots are annotated with information relating to the dates and parties involved in various transactions. The parties included John Jameson, Viscount de Vesci and John Magrane. Information is given in respect of nos. 133-4 and 142 Church Street.
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: 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: 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 by John Bowen, 68 St. Stephen’s Green, of demised plots fronting onto Bow Street. The demised premises are bordered to the north by St. Mary of the Angels and the adjoining Capuchin Friary and to the south by a corn kiln located at the rear of two dwelling houses on Church Street. With another plan of said premises endorsed with measurements.
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.
Two-sheet sketch design by George Coppinger Ashlin & Thomas Aloysius Coleman, architects, 7 Dawson Street, Dublin, possibly for the altar of the Sacred Heart Chapel, St. Mary of the Angels. See also CA CS/2/6/1/1 and CA CS/2/6/1/2.
Trace map and plan of grounds of adjoining St. Mary of the Angels and the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. The map divides the grounds into lots showing the endorsed names of landlords including More O’Ferrall, J. Cunningham and O’Brady. ‘Thunder’s Court’ and ‘Willis Court Yard’ are also marked on the plan. With a cover envelope addressed to Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. endorsed: ‘What head rents do you pay and to whom? Name of solicitors?’
Architectural plan by John J. Robinson & R.C. Keefe, architects, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin, of the proposed extension and new library at the Capuchin Friary, Church Street. Plans of the ground, first and second floors are shown. Two copies. See also CA CS/2/6/1/5.
