ST. NICHOLAS WITHIN
^JJBLIN.)
RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated j 2 March 1844 ;—for,
COPIES of the Applications made by the Incumbent, Churchwardens and
Parishioners of the Church of St. Nicholas Within, Dublin, or any of them,
to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland, relative to the dilapidated
state of the Parish Church, and to the taking down, of same ;—Of the Report
of the Architect of the said Commissioners relative to the taking down of
said Church:—Of the Official Report made by the Provincial Architect
to the Archbishop of Dublin, relative to the. taking down of said Church :
—Of the Correspondence, or other Communications which may have passed
between the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Archbishop of Dublin,
upon this subject.
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Dear Sir, 11 June 1835.
I SEND you a document, handed to me by the churchwardens, and signed by a
number of the parishioners, and which I was requested to forward to you as
Secretary to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland.
I do not sign it myself, as it might be supposed I was anxious to close the
church ; though I must acknowledge I would be glad of a writ of ease for a short
time, being now in my forty-second year of duty in Dublin.
Rev. J. Wilson.
Ever your's, faithfully,
(signed) T. R. Cradock.
Document alluded to in foregoing Letter.
To the Right hon. and Right Rev. the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
for Ireland.
We, the undersigned, being the churchwardens and parishioners, resident in
the immediate vicinage of the church of St. Nicholas Within, Dublin, beg most
respectfully to direct the attention of the Commissioners to the very dangerous
condition of the church ; the south wall, in particular, has of late projected very
considerably, and in the interior it has separated from the cornicing nearly two
inches. The coping stones in front, and the tower, are likewise in a most unsafe
state ; and when we consider the weight of the roof (being a heavy oaken frame),
resting on walls already projecting, we are led to be apprehensive for the safety
of our persons and properties ; and we earnestly and respectfully hope the Com¬
missioners will have the goodness to take the subject into their serious conside¬
ration at their earliest convenience.
Signed by Eight Parishioners,
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