Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect and/or civil engineer of Bradford, who designed Belfast Cemetery, 1866.(1) He had earlier designed the Undercliffe Cemetery at Bradford (1854), considered to be his finest work.(2) By August 1867 he was in partnership with - Swallow as Gay & Swallow.(3)



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(1) B 25, 26 Jan 1867, 67; Larmour, 40 (no. 81).
(2) Information from www.bradford.gov.uk.
(3) B 25, 3 Aug 1867, 580.


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Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, BELFAST CEMETERY & PARK
Date: 1866-69
Nature: New cemetery on 45 acre site. Contractor: Monk & Co. Part of ground acquired by Town Council to be laid out as People's Park.
Refs: DB 8, 15 Jan 1866, 28; B 25, 26 Jan 1867, 67; 25, 3 Aug 1867, 580; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 40 (no. 81).