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HASTINGS, WILLIAM [2]
- Born: 1814 Died: 1892
William Hastings, who was born in 1814,(1) was Surveyor of Works for the Borough of Belfast from 1849 until 1857.(2) He appears to have worked largely privately for the remainder of his career, although he is styled 'architect to the town council' in the Irish Builder in 1868(3) and was still doing work for Belfast Corporation as late as 1879. He died in 1892.(4) He appears to have been related to EBENEZER HASTINGS and JOSEPH HASTINGS , who are commemorated on a plaque which William Hastings erected in 1860 in the family plot in the Clifton Street graveyard.(5) His widow, Ellen, second daughter of John Rogers, J.P., of Eden-a-Grena, Belfast, died in 1894 at Craigfernie Terrace, Lisburn Road, Belfast.(6)
Addresses: Town surveyor's Office, 8 North Queen Street, Belfast, 1852;(7) 26 Victoria Street, 1861;(8) Victoria Hall, 1864;(9) 64 Victoria Street, Feb 1866;(10) Great Victoria Street, 1866;(11) Victoria Street, 1868.(12)
Home: Mount Pottinger, 1861;(13) Academy Street, 1870.
See WORKS.
References
(1) Information from C.E.B. Brett's architects files.
(2) Jones transcript from Thom's directories; J.J. Montgomery was appointed to the position in 1861.
(3) IB 10, 1 Jun 1868, 135.
(4) See note 1, above.
(5) A.C.W. Merrick & R.S.J. Clarke, Old Belfast families and the New Burying ground (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1991), 125-6.
(6) Belfast Weekly News, 5 May 1894.
(7) Belfast & Province of Ulster Directory 1852.
(8) Belfast & Province of Ulster Directory 1861-62.
(9) DB 4, 15 Jul 1864, 144.
(10) PRONI, D3136/T/A/7 (see PRONI e-catalogue).
(11) DB 8, 1 Feb 1866, 42.
(12) List of subscribers to D. Dunlop, ed., Memoir of the professional life of William J. Barre (1868).
(12) See note 6, above.
(13) Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 1.
28 work entries listed in chronological order for HASTINGS, WILLIAM [2]
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Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, TOWN HALL (PROPOSED) |
Date: | 1852 |
Nature: | Model of proposed Corinthian town hall exhibited in council chamber. Intended site on W bank of Lagan above Queen's Bridge. Town council voted £25,000 for erection of same, but was not executed. |
Refs: | B 10, 17 Apr 1852, 245; 11, 9 Apr 1853, 235 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GREAT VICTORIA STREET, BAPTIST CHURCH |
Date: | 1864-66ca |
Nature: | New 'Italian Gothic' church in red brick with stone dressings. In progress, Aug 1865. Opened 8 Apr 1866. |
Refs: | DB 6, 5 Jul 1864, 144; 7, 15 Aug 1865, 201; 8, 15 Apr 1866, 106; IB 9, 15 Jan 1867, 21; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 42 (sub no. 87); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 173 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, KNOCKBRACKEN (NEWTOWNBREDA), MANSE |
Date: | 1866 |
Nature: | New manse to be erected. |
Refs: | DB 8, 1 Feb 1866, 42 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM, HOUSE |
Date: | 1866 |
Nature: | Tenders inviated for erecting new villa. |
Refs: | DB 8, 15 Jun 1866, 161 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, VICTORIA STREET, NO. 036-38 (LYTLE & MCCAUSLAND) |
Date: | 1866-68 |
Nature: | One of a pair of 4-storey stone warehouses. For Samuel McCausland. Builder: Fitzpatrick Bros. Sculpture by Thomas Fitzpatrick. |
Refs: | Details of 2nd and 3rd storey windows, Feb 1866, in PRONI, D3136/T/A/7, see also PRONI, Fitzpatrick Bros. papers, D1905/1/1 (information from PRONI e-catalogue); DB 8, 15 Mar 1866, 78; 9, 15 Jan 1867, 21; 10, 15 Jan,15 Jun 1868, 17,151(illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 322-3 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, VICTORIA STREET, NO. 034 (LYTLE'S WAREHOUSES) |
Date: | 1866-68 |
Nature: | One of a pair of 4-storey stone warehouses. For John Lytle. Builder: Fitzpatrick Bros. Sculpture by Thomas Fitzpatrick. |
Refs: | DB 8, 15 Mar 1866, 78; 9, 15 Jan 1867, 21; 10, 15 Jan,15 Jun 1868, 17,151(illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 291(illus.),315(illus.),322-3 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, DROAGH COTTAGE |
Date: | 1867 |
Nature: | Proposed alterations, for Sir Edward Coey. |
Refs: |
Signed plans and elevations, 1867, in PRONI, D2977/37/2/1/2A,B (see PRONI e-catalogue). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLE PLACE, NO. 017-21 (THOMPSON'S RESTAURANT) |
Date: | 1867 |
Nature: | 'a building whose style seems to partake of the Renaissance'. Red brick with stone dressings. For Mr Thompson. Builder: Fitzpatrick Bros. |
Refs: | IB 9, 15 Jan 1867, 21; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 29 (no. 57, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 52(illus.),54 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, NO. 003 |
Date: | 1867 |
Nature: | Four-bay, four-storey stucco facade with idosyncratic Mannerist decoration |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 31 (no. 59, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 125,147(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MCAULEY STREET, ABATTOIR |
Date: | 1868-69 |
Nature: | New abattoir, 240ft long, modelled on Paris abattoir. Builder: Martin & Sons. Approaching completion Jun 1868. Cost: £4,000. (Replaced 1913.) |
Refs: | IB 10, 1 Jun 1868, 135; 11, 1 Jan 1869, 9; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 222 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLEREAGH STREET, MOUNTPOTTINGER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1868-9 |
Nature: | High-Victorian round arched church. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 31 (no. 60, illus.) |
Building: | CO. TYRONE, DRUM MANOR (KILDRESS) |
Date: | 1869 |
Nature: | Rebuilding, incorporating old house. Large central hall with gallery chief feature. For Viscount Stuart. Builder: John Murphy, Belfast. Builder's representative: Robert Flanagan. Clerk of Works: Mr Henry. Cost circa £10,000. |
Refs: | IB 11, 15 Nov 1869, 260,261(illus.); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 327. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GASWORKS |
Date: | 1869 |
Nature: | Extension. Builder: Monck & Co. |
Refs: | IB 11, 1 Jan 1869, 9 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DUNDELA, HOUSE |
Date: | 1869 |
Nature: | New villa, for N. Ferguson, Esq., 'in a commanding position' on rising ground overlooking Belfast Lough.. Red brick and Cookstown stone. |
Refs: | IB 11, 15 Mar 1869, 68,69(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, QUEEN STREET, NO. 023-29 (CORPORATION GAS OFFICE) |
Date: | 1871 |
Nature: | 3-storey, for Belfast Corporation. |
Refs: | Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 272 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WAREHOUSE |
Date: | 1871 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Drawings of pilasters for same illus. inB 29, 18 Feb 1871, 124,126. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTH QUEEN STREET, CLIFTON HOUSE (BELFAST CHARITABLE SOCIETY) |
Date: | 1872 |
Nature: | Addition of Benn wing, for Edward Benn of Glenravel House. |
Refs: | Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 241 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, NO. 059 (BELFAST NEWS LETTER) |
Date: | 1872-74 |
Nature: | 4-storey Gothic. Front of rubbed Glasgow freestone. Completed 1874. Contractor: McCracken & Co. Metalwork by Riddel & Co. |
Refs: | Downpatrick Recorder 25 Apr 1874; Brett, 58; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 43(no.90, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 126,148(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LOMBARD STREET, NO. 010-14 (ROBB & CO) |
Date: | 1874 |
Nature: | Five-storey . Demolished 1991. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 45 (no. 96, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 218 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLENRAVEL STREET, BELFAST HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DISEASES |
Date: | 1874 |
Nature: | Edward Benn of Glenravel House has offered to build new hospital. Ground taken in Glenravel St and building to be started shortly. (But did he build the Samaritain Hospital, Lisburn Rd,q.v., instead?) |
Refs: | Architect 12, ? ? 1874, 22 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BRONNEAU'S DANCING ACADEMY |
Date: | 1874 |
Nature: | For Frederick Bronneau. £3,000. |
Refs: | IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 319 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, SAMARITAN HOSPITAL |
Date: | 1874-1875 |
Nature: | New 3-storey Italianate hospital. Red brick faced with Dungannon freestone. Statue of benefactor, Edward Benn, in niche over entrance. FS laid Aug? 1874.. Approaching completion, Mar 1875. Builder: Dixon & Co., Clifton St. |
Refs: | IB 16, 1 Sep 1874, 240; B 32, 29 Aug 1874, 737; 33, 27 Mar 1875, 284 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LOWER CRESCENT (& UNIVERSITY ROAD), LADIES' COLLEGIATE SCHOOL (VICTORIA COLLEGE) |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | Block at E end. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 12 (no. 22) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WELLINGTON PARK, NO. 015 |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | 3-storey red brick terrace house. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 178,181(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WELLINGTON PARK, NO. 017 |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | 3-storey red brick terrace house. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 178,181(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WELLINGTON PARK, NO. 013 |
Date: | 1877 |
Nature: | 3-storey stuccoed terrace house. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 178,181(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, PETER'S HILL, PUBLIC BATHS |
Date: | 1879 |
Nature: | New baths and wash-houses. Brick with stone dressings and terra-cotta bands. Opened Sep 1879. Cost £4,000. (Demolished 1966.) |
Refs: | Brett, 62 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, BALMORAL SHOW GROUNDS |
Date: | 1889 |
Nature: | Sheds & structures to be built, for North East Agricultural Association. |
Refs: | Architect 41 2 Feb 1889, suppl. p.1 |