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St. Philip and St. James Church, Booterstown

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The initial structure was described as "handsome, in the later English style, with a square embattled tower with crocketed pinnacles at the angles, and surmounted by a lofty spire; the walls are strengthened with buttresses terminating in pinnacles, and crowned with an embattled parapet."
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In 1875 further enhancements were made by Rev. John Lombard with the addition of a second transept (on the north side) and organ chamber containing the present organ built by Forster and Andrews of Hull. Also in 1888 the addition of a
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The Booterstown National School is located on the grounds of the church. The first schoolhouse was built on the grounds in 1826. In the mid-1950s the old school was replaced with the current school and officially opened by
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The organ of St. Philip and St. James was built by Forster and Andrews of Hull in 1876 at a cost of £450. It has two manuals and twenty stops. Its stop-list was almost identical, those of the organs in St. Paul's
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and money raised locally went towards the total cost of £4,016 17s. The church was built between 1821 and 1824 with designs by
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The area of the parish of Booterstown was founded in 1821, where the area had previously been covered by the parish of
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and the building contractors were Messrs. D. Crowe and Sons. The church was reopened on 2 May 1869.
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On the site of the church, there is a Parish Centre, the Barrett Cheshire Home and the Rectory.
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Rev. Blacker, B. (1860 - 1872). "Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown", p7, p92, p221
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served from 1892 to 1913 as Canon in the church prior to elevation to the Bishopric.
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along with £1,000 towards the construction. A grant by the
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and finished after Bowden's death in 1822, by his student
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added a new entrance to the grounds from Mount Merrion.
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Parishes of Booterstown & Mount Merrion website
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53°18′04″N 6°11′28″W / 53.300996°N 6.191237°W / 53.300996; -6.191237
Booterstown
County Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Denomination
Anglicanism
booterstown.dublin.anglican.org
Consecrated
Architect(s)
John Bowden
Joseph Welland
Style
Gothic Revival
Diocese
Parish
Church of Ireland
Booterstown
Donnybrook

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