Architect, of Belfast. William Batt [2] may have been the son of WILLIAM BATT [1] WILLIAM BATT [1] ; between 1873 and 1882 he is often, though not always, referred to as William Batt, junior. He died in 1910 and was buried with other members of his family in Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast. His pupils and assistants included ALEXANDER ANDERSON ALEXANDER ANDERSON , PERCY MORGAN JURY PERCY MORGAN JURY (probably) and JAMES WILLIAM WALBY. JAMES WILLIAM WALBY.
RIAI: proposed as member by GEORGE CARLISLE HENDERSON GEORGE CARLISLE HENDERSON , seconded by JAMES HIGGINS OWEN JAMES HIGGINS OWEN and THOMAS DREW THOMAS DREW , and elected on 28 Nov 1878; ceased membership, 1900.
Addresses: Donegall Place, Belfast, 1874-1879; Wellington Place, 1882; 4 Wellington Place, 1886; Garfield Chambers, Royal Ave, 1886-1897.
Home: Sorrento, Derryvolgie Ave, Belfast, 1884 until death.
See WORKS.
References
RIAI Council meeting minutes, 13 & 28 Nov 1878, 214,215.
IB 52, 722.
See note 1, above.
IB 52, 26 Nov 1910, 722.
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 159.
RIAI Council meeting minutes, 13 & 28 Nov 1878, 214,215.
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 58
65 work entries listed in chronological order for BATT, WILLIAM [2]
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GROSVENOR ROAD, CHURCH OF ST PHILIP OR DREW MEMORIAL CHURCH (CI) |
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1870-1885 |
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FS laid 1 Apr 1870. Originally intended to be a school but converted into church and opened for services, Christmas Day, 1870 (though not quite finished). Consecrated, 7 Mar 1872. Chancel and transepts added by Jul, 1976 creating accommodation for 450 persons. New school built by 1875. N & S aisles and gallery completed 1885. Contractor for 1885 work: Matthew Mansell. |
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IB 28, 15 Feb 1886, 52; Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 14, no. 154, 22 Mar 1872, 59 18, no. 207, 24 Jul 1876, 212; John Frederick MacNeice, The church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), 33.
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU ROAD, NO. 085, METHODIST CHURCH |
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1872-1873 |
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WB's designs for new church in Lombardic style selected in competition. Church, which has gallery on 3 sides will accommodate 600 and has schoolroom beneath it. Red brick with white and blue brick dressings. FS laid Apr 1872. Expected cost: about £2,300. Opened 12 Jan 1873 |
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IB 14, 1 May 1872, 133; B 31, 25 Jan 1873, 62
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ?, STORES |
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1873 |
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For William Gregg. Hunter's tender of £1,125 accepted. |
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Building News 25, 22 Aug 1873, 214; IB 15, 1 Sep 1873, 227
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CO. DOWN, HOLYWOOD, TOWN HALL |
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1873a |
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New town hall recently erected. Red & white brick with cement dressings. Contractor: William Nimmick. Cost over £2,000. 'It is intended to raise the tower to suit a public clock'. |
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Architect 9, 19 Apr 1873, 199; IB 18, 1 Apr 1876, 90(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, DROMOURNE LODGE (CARNLOUGH) |
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1874 |
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Proposed additions.
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Plans, elevations, sections of additions to ground floor of Dromourne Lodge, Carnlough, 1874, in PRONI, D2977/37/17/1-4 (see PRONI e-catalogue).
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BOTANIC AVENUE (& CAMERON STREET), REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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1874 |
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New Romanesque church with tower and large school room below. Lower storey of Scrabo stone, with red brick dressings, remainder of red brick with Dungannon stone dressings. 2-storey bulding at rear will contain caretaker's rooms and minister's sessional room. to be built. Contractor: Matthew Mansell. Expected cost: £3,599 |
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IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 312,320
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE SQUARE NORTH, CHRIST CHURCH (CI) |
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1874-1878 |
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Improvements. Chancel enlarged; stucco ceiling replaced by flat pitch pine ceiling; old windows replaced; old pulpit replaced by 'more modern and artistic structure'; seats repainted; new flooring and heating. Tenders Nov 1874. Church reopened, 21 Jul 1878.
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IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 320; 20, 15 Dec 1878, 358; Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 20, no. 234, 1 Sep 1878, 252; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 8; Brett, 23. pl.63.
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CHURCH LANE, NO. 005-19 |
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1874-1879 |
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4 'lofty'new shops in Italian Gothic style 'boldly treated' being erected for William Gregg 'who in a most praiseworthy way set them back two feet…without asking any compensation from the town council'. Site developed in two portions owing to leases expiring at different times. 4 shops built by William Henter and remainder, including large stores at rear built by Thomas McArthur. |
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IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 312,320; 21, 15 Sep 1879, 283(illus.),287
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HERCULES STREET, NO. 087-89 |
Date: |
1874;1879 |
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Large new shop to be erected on site of Nos. 87-89, demolished. Red brick, with white Coalisland brick dressings and cornice. Contractor: Thomas McArthur (£420). |
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IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 312,320; 21, 15 Sep 1879, 282, 287(illus.); Brett, 56
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANMILLIS ROAD, BOTANIC GARDEN |
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1876-1879 |
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Stranmillis Rd entrance lodge. Venetian Gothic. Carving by Alexander Steven. First design exh. Belfast Industrial Exhibition 1876. Redesigned 1878. Builder: Dixon & Co. (Demolished 1965.) |
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IB 18, 15 May,15 Jun 1876, 139(illus.),145,172; 21, 1 Apr 1879, 100, 103(illus.); Eileen McCracken, The Palm House and the Botanic Garden, Belfast (UAHS, 1971), 48; A.J. Rowan & C.E.B. Brett, Queen's University (UAHS, revised edition 1975), 3233(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 55.
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CO. DOWN, HOLYWOOD, NATIONAL SCHOOLS |
Date: |
1876-78 |
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New schools. First design by WB for 2-storey building too expensive; revised single-storey design built instead. Scrabo stone. Contractor: Nimick, Holywood. |
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IB 18, 1 Oct 1876, 284(illus.),291; 20, 15 Jan 1878, 20(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, GARRON TOWER |
Date: |
1877 |
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WB reports on state of roof.
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Report and estimate by WB on state of roofs at Garron Tower, 1877, in PRONI, D2977/54/32.
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, NO. 128 & 130 (GRETTON VILLAS) |
Date: |
1877 |
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Being erected, Apr 1877, for Robert Atkinson of Beaumont. Red brick with bands of blue Staffordshire brick. Handsome entrance lodge, harmonizing with villas, just completed. |
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IB 19, 15 Mar,1 Apr 1877, 81(illus.),101; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 123,126(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, NO. 128 & 130 (GRETTON VILLAS) |
Date: |
1877 |
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For Robert Atkinson of Beaumont. |
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Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 123; IB 19, 15 Mar,1 Apr 1877, 80,101 (illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, NO. 007-10 |
Date: |
1878 |
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Terrace of 4 houses 'jst completed' in Jun 1878.. Red and blue brick with Scrabo stone and Bessbrook granite. For John H. Atkinson. Builder: H. & J. Martin. |
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IB 20, 15 Jun 1878, 174,175-6(illus.); A.J. Rowan & C.E.B. Brett, Queen's University (UAHS, revised edition 1975), 29
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WINDSOR AVENUE, NO. 031 (GLENGYLE, FORMERLY KENSINGTON) |
Date: |
1879 |
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Polychrome brick house, for D. Brown. |
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IB 21, 1,15 Jun 1879, 164,165,178 (illus.); Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 184
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLYMACARRETT, FACTORY & FOUNDRY (GREGG, SONS, & PHENIX) |
Date: |
1879 |
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New extension of nail factory and foundry on slob land beside river completed for Gregg, Sons & Phenix. Extension, built of red brick with blue brick arches and bands, comprises engine house, machine shop, stores & foundry. Bounded on river side by wall of massive squared blocks of Scrabo stone set in hydraulic mortar. |
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IB 21, 1 May 1879, 129-30
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, VICTORIA STREET, NO. 064-66 (CEYLON BUILDINGS) |
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1882 |
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4-storey, 8-bay, red and blue brick warehouse for Brown, Corbett & Co. |
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IB 24, 1 Jan 1882, 7(illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 323
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CO. DOWN, HILLSBOROUGH, MASONIC HALL |
Date: |
1882 |
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New masonic hall opened by Lord Arthur Hill (who built and presented it to Lodge 66) 12 Jul 1882.
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Irish Times, 12 Jul 1882.
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CO. MONAGHAN, MONAGHAN, NORTH ROAD, ORANGE HALL |
Date: |
1882 |
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Attr. to William Batt senior or junior by Brett. |
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C.E.B. Brett, Historic Buildings…in the town of Monaghan (UAHS, 1970), 19 (No. 42); Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 478.
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CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, TOWN HALL |
Date: |
1882 |
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New town hall and shops on site of old market house and assembly rooms. Gothic. Being erected for John Mulholland, MP, who is paying whole cost of them. Clerk of Works: John Orr. Contractor: Dixon & Co. |
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IB 24, 1 Dec 1882, 344(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTON STREET, ORANGE HALL |
Date: |
1883-87 |
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WB's plans selected in competition. Hall has 56ft frontage, 126ft deep. Newtowards stone with Dumfries stone dressings. Caretaker's house adjoining. Opened Summer 1887. Contractor: Dixon & Son. Cost between £6000 and £7,000. Bronze statue of William III by Harry Hems of Exeter unveiled 16 Nov 1889 |
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IB 25, 15 Oct 1883; 29, 1 Jul 1887, 184 (illus.); IB 31, 15 Nov 1889, 280; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 50 (illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERRYVOLGIE AVENUE, NO. 020 (SORRENTO) |
Date: |
1884 |
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New 8-bedroomed villa designed by Batt for himself. |
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Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 56(illus.),58; IB 27, 15 Jun 1885, 173,177(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MARLBOROUGH PARK SOUTH, NO. 030 & 32 |
Date: |
1885 |
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Semi-detached stuccoed houses with Italianate detail. |
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Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 133, citing Architect, 1 Aug 1890, 69 (illus.); IB 32, 1 Jan 1890, 11
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CO. DOWN, GLENCRAIG (CRAIGAVAD), CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI) |
Date: |
1886 |
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2 bays added to W, choir rearranged, pulpit moved, new windows, reading desk &c.. Church reopened 25 Sep 1886. Contractor: William Nimick, Holywood. |
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IB 28, 15 Oct 1886, 284;Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996),113 (illus.).
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLYNAFEIGH, ORANGE HALL |
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1886-87 |
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New. Red brick with blue courses. Opened 17 Oct 1887. Contractor: R.J. Kerr, builder, Donegall Pass. |
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IB 28, 1 Aug 1886, 222; 29, 1 Aug,1 Nov 1887, 222,294
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MARLBOROUGH PARK SOUTH, NO. 036,38,40 |
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1886;1879;1891 |
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Semi-detached villas erected at cost of £1,200. Contractor: Kerr. (Tentatively identified by Larmour as Nos. 36-40.) |
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Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 133, citing Architect, 1 Aug 1890, 69 (illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, ST JOHN'S CHURCH (CI) |
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1890 |
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Proposed new cruciform church with 135ft tower and spire. Not built to WB's designs |
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IB 32, 15 Nov 1890, 263,268 (illus.); Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 109
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTON STREET, HOUSES & SHOPS |
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1891 |
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New building with front which 'shows to lofty gables to the street' and 'is well broken up by bay windows, circular headed recesses, fluted key stones and neat pilasters'. WB's design for same selected in limited competition. |
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IB 33, 1 Jun,15 Oct,15 Dec 1891, 120-1,229,231(illus.),280
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CO. DOWN, NEWRY, TOWN HALL & MUNICIPAL OFFICES |
Date: |
1891-1894 |
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WB placed 1st in second competition (under motto 'Caroline'). Adjudicator: Thomas Drew. Tender of Collen Bros., Portadown (£6,632) accepted but after a dispute D. Mahood, Warrenpoint, chosen instead. Opened by Earl of Kilmorey, 28 Mar 1894. Eventual cost 'will not be less than £12,000'. |
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IB 33, 1 Aug,1 Nov,15 Dec 1891, 178,246,280; ; 34, 1 Jan,15 Mar 1892, 1,61(illus.); 35, 15 Jan,1 Oct 1893, 15, 228; 36, 1 Apr 1894, 85; 37, 15 Nov 1895, 263(illus.); Architect 46, 6 Nov 1891, suppl. p.2, 18 Dec 1891, suppl. p.6; 47, 19 Feb 1892, suppl.p.10, 15 Apr 1892, suppl.p.12; Irish Times, 29 Mar 1894; Building News 101, 3 Nov 1911, 616
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SHANKILL ROAD, WEST BELFAST ORANGE & UNIONIST HALL |
Date: |
1891-1897 |
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New Orange & Unionist Hall with 93ft frontage. Divided into 3 sections, front one containing lodge rooms and library. |
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IB 33, 1 Aug 1891, 172,172(illus.); 39, 1 Apr,15 May 1897, 71,101; B 72, 1 May 1897, 406; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 50
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WINDSOR PARK, NO. 030 & 32 |
Date: |
1893 |
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Pair of semi-detached villas, for James Hetherington. Tender of J. & W. Stewart accepted, Sep 1893. |
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IB 35, 1 Oct 1893, 219,223(illus.),229; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 182(illus.),186
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WINDSOR PARK, NO. 034 |
Date: |
1893 |
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New villa, for James Hetherington. Perforated brick walls, terracotta panels in frieze, and ornamental brick from Annadale Brick Co., Belfast. Terracotta doorpiece and lintels of lower windows by J.C. Edwards, Ruabon. Contractor: J. & W. Stewart. |
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IB 35, 1 Dec 1893, 271(illus.); Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 186
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CO. DOWN, NEWCASTLE, ARKEEN HOUSE |
Date: |
1893-1894 |
Nature: |
Remodelling of house, adjoining Bellevue Hotel and facing the sea, formerly a plain whitewashed building and one of the oldest in the place. As remodelled has 2-storey bay windows, ornamental dormers, a new return, front finished in cement with moulded cornices, strings & dressings. contractor: Mssrs. Neill, Newcastle. |
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IB 35, 1 Oct 1893, 228,229; 36, 15 Feb 1894, 46(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 062-68 (NATIONAL BANK) |
Date: |
1893-1897 |
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New bank & manager's residence. WB's design selected in competition. Contractor: J. &. H. Martin, Belfast. |
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IB 35, 11 Oct 1893, 228; 36, 1 Jun 1894, 129; 37, 1 May,15 Nov 1895, 112,263; 39, 1 Feb 1897, 24-29(illus.); Architect 53, 4 Jan 1894, suppl. p.3; B 72, 3 Apr 1897, 324; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 57; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 191,195(illus.)
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CO. DOWN, DONAGHADEE, HOUSES |
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1894 |
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Proposed villas; 'were to have been built on an elevated site on the road to Bangor' but not yet erected owing to 'arbitrary and obsolete' clause in lease. |
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IB 36, 15 Apr 1894, 88,95(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, NO. 029 & 31 (SALISBURY CHAMBERS) |
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1895-1896 |
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Rebuilding for Henderson & Co. Front broken by large arches with terracotta keystones. Upper part in form of a gable covered with ornamental tiles. Front and rear walls carried on rolled steel beams. |
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IB 37, 15 Nov 1895, 263(illus.); 38, 15 Feb 1896, 37; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 126
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KNOCK, HOUSE |
Date: |
1896 |
Nature: |
New villa being built for John Milliken, Esq. Plinth of hammer-dressed rubble masonry with batter; walls of perforated brick. |
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IB 38, 15 Jul 1896, 149(illus.),156
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