Architectural partnership of Belfast and Dublin, formed in 1860, when CHARLES LANYON CHARLES LANYON and WILLIAM HENRY LYNN WILLIAM HENRY LYNN took Charles Lanyon's eldest son, JOHN LANYONJOHN LANYON , as their junior partner.(1) At the same time the firm opened a branch office at 64 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin, which was run by John Lanyon until 1867. The partnership was dissolved on 1 July 1872; the terms and circumstances of the break-up were the subject of a court action brought by Lynn against the Lanyons.(2) Pupils and assistants in the office included SAMUEL PATRICK CLOSESAMUEL PATRICK CLOSE , PHILIP MAURICE DUDGEON PHILIP MAURICE DUDGEON and MORTIMER HENRY LINKLATER. MORTIMER HENRY LINKLATER.
Addresses:(3) Belfast: 1 Upper Queen Street, 1860-66;(4) 12 Wellington Place, 1868; 11 Howard Street, 1870 until dissolution of partnership. Dublin: 64 Upper Sackville Street, 1860-1872.
See WORKS.
References
(1) Although the name of the partnership appears as Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon from 1860 onwards, articles regulating the partnership were not drawn up until 1863, see IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 319. (2)IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 319; Architect 12, 21 Nov 1874, 279; B 34, 4 Mar 1876, 223. (3) From Thom's directories and Belfast directories. (3) Belfast directory; Thom's Directory gives the address as 2 Queens Street, Belfast up until 1869.
80 work entries listed in chronological order for LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
New house on site of Castle View House, for Countess of Glengall. Contractor: Meade, Gt Brunswick St.
Refs:
IAA, PKS L1 (p.165); DB 3, 15 May,1 Sep,15 Nov 1861, 519,620,689; 4, 1 Jun 1862, 137; Mark Bence-Jones, Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I, Ireland. (London, 1978), 53(illus.)
Winners of competiiton. Design by Lynn. Builder: Hammond, Dublin & Drogheda.
Refs:
Competition perspective view by W.H. Lynn in Ulster Museum, no. 2370, see H. Dixon, William Henry Lynn (Ulster Museum, 1878), no. 12(illus.); DB 3, 1 Mar,15 Jun,15 Jul,15 Aug 1861, 448,536,578,605; 4, 1 Jan,1 Mar,1 May 1862, 2,54,55(illus.),112; IB 20, 1 Jul 1878, 188; 36, 1 Dec 1894, 269(illus.)
New house with tower, 'just being completed on the site of the old structure', Oct 1861. Contractor: James Henry, Belfast. (Burnt out by IRA, 20 May 1922.)
Refs:
Irish Times, 5 Oct 1861; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of County Antrim (UAHS, 1996), 71.
Placed 2nd in competition for rebuilding but their design adopted. Decision to execute work taken in 1870. Contractor: Doherty.
Refs:
DB 4, 15 Aug,15 Sep 1862, 213,232(illus.); B 22, 26 Mar 1864, 228; 28, 15 May,4 Jun 1870, 114,442; RHA 1866, nos. 523,528 (exh. under name of W.H. Lynn); IB 12, 15 May,1,15 Jun 1870, 114,124,137; 18, 15 Jun 1876, 171
New church in Decorated Gothic style, with octagonal spire. Hammer-beam roof supported on cast-iron columns. Arcade of 19 stalls at rear of platform. Church separated from school by screen. Opened 4 Jan 1863. Contractor: Joseph McAuley. Cost £5,000. Woodwork by Swinburn, Bush Lane, London.
Refs:
DB 5, 15 Jan 1863, 6; W.D. Girvan, R. Oram, A. Rowan, Historic Buildings…in Antrim & Ballymena (UAHS, 1969), 16 (no. 4)
Enlargement of ancient church. Church reopened, 25 Jan 1865. Bulder: J. Douglas, Harcourt St.. (?Supervising architect Mr Sloane?).
Refs:
Drawing, signed and dated 1863, in RCB Library, portfolio 15; DB 6, 1 Sep 1863, 149; 7, 1 Feb,15 Mar 1865, 30,72(illus.); B 23, 18 Mar 1865, 197; Irish Times, 26 Jan 1864; JRSAI 44 (1914), 264,268
'in course of construction' for R.W. Hall-Dare, who gave banquet in house for all the artisans on 30 Mar 1864 'in acknowledgment of his satisfaction as to the progress of the works'. Builder: Thomas H. Carroll, 17 Lr Baggot St. Clerk of Works: James Gargan.
3-storey, 5-bay linen warehouse, converted into Linen Hall Library by Young & Mackenzie, 1891..
Refs:
DB 6, 15 Nov 1864, 232(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 34 (no. 68, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast (UAHS, 1993), 118-9
New church rebuilt on old foundations at expense of Lord Clermont. Reopened 7 Oct 1866. Builder: Mathews, Dundalk. Estimated cost: £900.
Refs:
Contract drawing, signed by contractor, Arthur Matthews, Apr 1863, in RCB Library, portfolio 2B; DB 5, 15 Jun 1863, 107; 6, 15 Sep 1864, 181,184(illus.); 8, 15 Oct 1866, 253
New district church. Early English. To seat 400. For Rev. David Babington, rector. Opened 2 Sep 1867; consecrated 26 Nov 1867 by Bishop of Derry. Site granted by James Murray of Caw(?). Contractor: Alexander McElwee. Cost: £8,000.
Refs:
Drawings, signed and dated July 1864 (contractor's signature, Feb 1865) in RCB Library, portfolio 10; IAA, PKS L1 (p.680,683,686-9,691 &c.); DB 6, 1 Nov 1864, 225; IB 9 15 Sep,1 Dec 1867, 243,316; B 22, 22 Oct 1864, 781; William Fullerton, Architectural Examples in Brick, Stone, Wood and Iron(1890), 195(illus.); J.B. Leslie, Derry Clegy and Parishes (1937), 165; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 385; Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), Pt 1, 58(illus.)
Large temporary building for Arthur, 4th Marquess of Downshire, serving purpose of ballroom & theatre erected to W of castle for celebrations attending coming of age of Arthur, Lord Hillsborough (1844-1874). Builder: John Lowry, Belfast.
Scottish Baronial, for Col. Robert Alexander Shafto Adair. Builder: James Henry. Estimated cost £13,850. Begun 1865. (Demolished)
Refs:
IAA, PKS B03/24 and A03 (Aug,Sep 1865, p.62v); Mark Bence-Jones, Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I, Ireland. (London, 1978), 24(illus.); C.E.B. Brett architects files, citing 'obituaries' give W.H. Lynn as architect and date as 1873; article in says it was not completed until 1887
Competition entrants. Competition won by W.J. Barre.
Refs:
Competition perspective view by W.H. Lynn in Ulster Museum, see H. Dixon, William Henry Lynn (Ulster Museum, 1878), no. 8, and Martyn Anglesea, 'The Lynn Brothers, architect and sculptor', Irish Arts Review Yearbook 1989-90, 258(illus.); B 23, 24 Jun,8,22 Jul 1865, 447,487,525,539; 24, 14 Apr 1866, 273; DB 7, 15 Jun,1 Jul,1 Aug 1865, 153,164,183 (but see Brett, 40-41, for scandal attending competition); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 321
Venetian Gothic, attr. by Dixon & Larmour to Lynn. Red and white brick with stone dressings. Coffee room on ground floor, assembly room and reading room above. Builders: Fitzpatrick, Bros. FS laid by J. Mulholland, JP, 27 Oct 1865; completed by Nov 1866. Builder: Fitzpatrick Bros.
Refs:
DB 7, 15 Jul 1865, 182; 8, 1 Nov 1866, 268; IB 9, 15 Jan 1867, 21; H. Dixon, 'William Henry Lynn', BIGS 17 (Jan-Jun 1974), 29; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 34 (no. 69, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical Gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 233;
Private chapel for Marquess of Donegall in Deer Park demesne. Middle Pointed style, 4 bays long with apsidal end and octagon turret at W end.. Builder: John Lowry. Larmour says 'almost certainly' by Lynn.
Refs:
DB 7, 15 Mar 1865, 82; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 37 (no. 73, illus.)
Row of 5 4-roomed houses, 5 3-roomed houses and 10 2-roomed houses. Row returned at each end. Central clock tower. Early French style, built of local sandstone with limestone bands. Cost: £4,800. Builder: Steward.
Refs:
IAA, PKS A03 (Mar 1866, p.116v); B 24, 14 Apr 1866, 273; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 260.
IAA, PKS A03 (Mar 1866, p.116v); DB 8, 15 Jun 1866, 161 (tenders invited); R. McKinstry, R. Oram, R. Weatherup, P. Wilson, The Buildings of Armagh (UAHS, 1992), 201-2
New building on site of existing bank. Tenders invited, May 1867. Rebuilding started 1867. Cost: £5,000. Contractor: Conner, Belfast.
Refs:
Armagh Guardian, 10 May 1867; IB 9, 15 May,15 Jul 1867, 127,186; 10, 15 Oct 1868, 259; R. McKinstry, R. Oram, R. Weatherup, P. Wilson, The Buildings of Armagh (UAHS, 1992), 192
New church. FS laid Jun 1869; consecrated 30 Nov 1871.
Refs:
Contract drawing(s), signed and dated 1868, in RCB Library, portfolio 19; IB 11, 1 Jul 1869, 153; JRSAI 30 (1900), 441; William Garner, Ennis: Architectural Heritage (An Foras Forbatha, 1981), 12,13,14(illus.); illus. in Adrian Hewson, ed., Inspiring Stones: a history of the Church of Ireland Dioceses of Limerick, Ardfert, Aghadoe, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh & Emly (1995), 100
New cruciform church in 'Early French' style. FS laid Oct 1868. Consecrated 20 Nov 1869. Cost: £4,000. Builder: John Collen, Portadown. Cost: £4,000.
Refs:
Drawing(s), signed or stamped by Welland & Gillespie, in RCB Library, portfolio 12; IB 11, 1 Dec 1869, 281; Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), Part I, 194(illus.)
New nave, N aisle & chancel. Consecrated after enlargement 19 May 1869 by Bishop of Down & Connor. Builder: Lowry & Son, Gt George's St, Belfast. Cost: £5,000.
Refs:
Unsigned drawing, stamped 1868, in RCB Library, portfolio 11; IB 9, 1 May 1867, 111; 11, 1 Jun 1869, 135; B 25, 9 Nov 1867, 828; 27, 29 May 1869, 430; Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), Part 1, 126(illus.)
New church. Early English style.. FS laid Jun 1868. Cons. 27 Apr 1870. Contractor: Gahan & Sons, Harcourt St. (Similar to Drumcliffe parish church, Ennis, co. Clare, also 1868.) Building in bad state by 1888.
Refs:
Contract drawing, signed by Welland & Gillespie and dated May 1868, in RCB Library, portfolio 18; IB 8, 1 Jun 1866, 144; 9, 1 May,1 Aug 1867, 111,200; 10, 1 Jun 1868, 144; 12, 1 May 1870, 110; 31, 1,15 Jan 1889, 4,?; Clergy of Dublin & Glenadalough (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2001), 268; illus in Aughrim, Ballinatone, Castlemacadam Parishes, http://www.abcparishes.ie/history.html (last visited Jan 2010).
New masonic hall in 'Early French style', 4 storeys with shops on ground floor. Stone faced to 1st-fl windows; remainder brick with sandstone dressings. FS laid by Charles Lanyon, Grand Master, 24 Jun 1868. Builder: Thomas McKeown. Cost: £8,000. Brett says attributed to Charles Lanyon himself.
Refs:
B 26, 4 Jul 1868, 493; DB 8, 15 May 1866, 133; IB 9, 1 Dec 1867, 316; 10, 1 Jul 1868, 144,159; 11, 1 Jan 1869, 6; .E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 54; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical Gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 16(illus.),18
New Scottish Baronial house on slope of Cave Hill by John Lanyon, for Marquess of Donegall. Faced with Cookstown stone with white Scottish stone dressings. Note in B of I files says castle was completed 1870; also lodge.
Refs:
DB 7, 15 Mar 1865, 82; IB 11, 1 Jan 1869, 9; 16, 15 Jan 1874, 17; Architect 10, 25 Oct 1873, 214(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 26,46, pls. 55,62; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 36-37, (no. 72, illus.); J.A.K. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Ulster (UAHS, 1994), 4 (no. 41, illus.)
New High Victorian Gothic church, funded by bequest of late A.T. Maclean. By John Lanyon. (Did JL also design extension of 1888?) FS laid Oct or Nov 1869. Consecrated, 1870. Builder: Lowry & Son.
Refs:
DB 8, 15 May 1866, 133; Architect 2, 6 Nov 1869, 232; John Frederick MacNeice, The church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), 27-29(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 38 (no. 74, illus.); Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 61.
To open on 25 Sep 1871; 'being erected from plans by the late Mr Charles Sherry, which Messrs. Lanyon, Lynn, & Lanyon are energetically carrying out with the assistance of Mr S.P. Close'. Contractor: Thomas McKeown.