John Bowden (died 1822) was an Irish

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and member of the

Board of First Fruits The Board of First Fruits () was an institution of the Church of Ireland that was established in 1711 by Anne, Queen of Great Britain to build and improve churches and glebe houses in Ireland. This was funded from taxes collected on clerical inco ...

of the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second l ...

from 1813 to 1821. He was born in Dublin and died in 1822. Bowden, having studied at the Dublin Society's School of Architectural Drawing between May 1798 and 1802, won premiums in 1799, 1801 (as 'John Boden', ex-pupil) and 1802. He served his apprenticeship with Sir Richard Morrison. He designed many churches and courthouses around the country including St. Stephen's Church of Ireland (Pepper Canister), Mount Street, Dublin. St Stephen's was completed by his student Joseph Welland after his death. In 1817 he entered the competition for the Wellington Testimonial in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. By 1818 he had also become architect to the Board of Education.

Selection of Works

Foyle College Foyle College is a co-educational non-denominational voluntary grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland. The school's legal name is Foyle and Londonderry College. In 1976, two local schools, Foyle College and Londonderry High School, merged unde ...

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County Londonderry County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulste ...

(1808–1814) * St. George's Parish Church,

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(1811–1816) * Antrim Castle,

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(1813) * Dundalk Courthouse,

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(1813–1818) Supervisor * St. Paul's Tartaraghan,

Portadown Portadown () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of a ...

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(1816) * Derry Courthouse,

(1822) * St Fiaac's Church, Clonegal (1818) * Church of Ireland,

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(1820) *

St. Cronan's Church, Roscrea (Church of Ireland) St. Cronan's Church is a 19th-century Church of Ireland church in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland. The church was constructed in 1812 on the site of the original 12th century Romanesque church. The grounds include a graveyard and a replica ...

* St. Stephen's Church of Ireland (Pepper Canister), Mount Street,

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

(1821–1824) Designed by John Bowden and completed by Joseph Welland. * St. Philip and St. James Church, Booterstown,

(1821–1824) Designed by John Bowden and completed by Joseph Welland

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at Archiseek.com Architects from Dublin (city) Irish ecclesiastical architects 1822 deaths Year of birth unknown {{ireland-architect-stub