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STEVENSON, JAMES CORDEN
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Architect, of Belfast, active from the 1920s until the 1950s. James Corden Stevenson had set up in independent practice in Belfast by 1923.(1) From the evidence of the Irish Builder, his work during the 1920s and 1930s was largely commercial and domestic, but he also designed the Belmont Road and Cregagh Road Presbyterian churches, some church halls and two public elementary schools. After 1940 only one much later work is recorded: an extension to Strathearn School, Belmont Road, opened in 1957. Stevenson gave up his office in central Belfast in the mid 1940s, but he did not retire until 1958.(2) He may possibly have entered the public service or simply worked from home. After his retirement he moved to England, where he was still living in 1965.(3)
RIBA: elected licentiate, 30 November 1931.(4)
RSUA: hon. secretary, 1932-1934, 1939-1943.(5)
Addresses: Work: 18 May Street, <=1931(6)->=1942.
Home: 2 Massey Park, Stormont, <=1946-1957; Stoke House, Roxwell Road, Writtle, Essex, 1964-1965.(7)
See WORKS.
References
All information in this entry not otherwise attributed is from RSUA membership lists in Thom's directories.
(1) IB 65, 20 Oct 1923, 812.
(2) RIBA Kalendar 1965-66, 302 (where his name is wrongly given as James Gordon Stevenson).
(3) See note 2, above.
(4) RIBAJ 39 (1931-32), 168.
(5) RSUA Jubilee Year Book 1951-1952, 5.
(6) IB 73, 14 Feb 1931, 146.
(7) RIBA Kalendar 1964-65, 304, and see note 2, above.
63 work entries listed in chronological order for STEVENSON, JAMES CORDEN
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Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BAWN MORE ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1923 |
Nature: | New villa, for Mrs E. Edgar. (Plans approved by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 65, 20 Oct 1923, 812 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DOWNVIEW AVENUE, FITZWILLIAM GOLF CLUB HOUSE |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | New clubhouse, for council of Fitzwilliam Golf Club. |
Refs: | IB 66, 26 Jan 1924, 66 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLE PLACE, SHOP & OFFICES |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 66, 3 May,28 Jun 1924, 398,577 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ?, SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 66, 13 Dec 1924, 1057 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KIMBERLEY STREET, SHOP, STORE & HOUSE |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 66, 3 May 1924, 398 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE SQUARE, CINEMA |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 67, 2 May 1925, 351 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | New villa. |
Refs: | IB 67, 18 Apr 1925, 313 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERAMORE DRIVE, HOUSE |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | New villa. |
Refs: | IB 67, 7 Mar 1925, 189 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANMILLIS ROAD (OFF), HOUSE |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 67, 7 Feb 1925, 105 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ULSTERVILLE AVENUE, HOUSE |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | New villa. |
Refs: | IB 67, 30 May 1925, 442 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLE PLACE, J. DINSMORE & SONS |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 6 Mar 1926, 178 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | New, for Mr J. McCaherty. (Plans approved by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 68, 1 May 1926, 354 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALMORAL AVENUE, PREMISES |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. to premises, for Malone Prebyterian Church. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 7 Aug 1926, 619 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HAYWOOD AVENUE (& KIMBERLEY STREET), PREMISES |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Addition, for Mr J. Wylie. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 30 Oct 1926, 824 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SHAFTESBURY SQUARE, PREMISES |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Alts. for Mr H. Farr. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 30 Oct 1926, 824 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SPRINGFIELD ROAD, PREMISES |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Adds., for Mr J. Ferrin. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 6 Aug 1927, 578 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SPRINGFIELD ROAD, SHOP & STORE |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | New, for Mr J. Ferris, Jr. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 22 Jan 1927, 50 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MCCLINTOCK STREET, NEWFORTH WEAVING CO. |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Drainage to factory. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 28 May 1927, 396 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NEWTOWNARDS ROAD, SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | New, for Mssrs. J. Dinsmore & Sons. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 6 Aug 1927, 578 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LORD STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 70, 7 Jan 1928, 30 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RABY STREET, FRUIT STORE |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 70, 4 Aug 1928, 671 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HAYPARK AVENUE, HOUSE |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 70, 4 Aug 1928, 672 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLE PLACE, PREMISES |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 70, 26 May,23 Jun 1928, 462,550 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CREGAGH ROAD, CREGAGH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1928a |
Nature: | New church. Gothic. Opened 20 Sep 1928.. 'The church and its adjoining hall make a very goood group, and form one of the most interesting examples of ecclesiastical buildings in brick, with stone dressings, in the city.' |
Refs: |
IB 70, 13 Oct 1928, 867; 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1052; Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 169(illus.). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BUSHFIELD AVENUE, HOUSES (004) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 71, 7 Dec 1929, 1092; 72, 1 Feb 1930, 108 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HAYPARK AVENUE, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 71, 16 Feb 1929, 1543 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SOMERTON ROAD, SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 71, 25 May 1929, 464 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, TATE'S AVENUE, HOUSE |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 71, 3 Aug 1929, 703 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, SHOP & STORES |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 71, 3 Aug 1929, 703 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SOMERTON ROAD, SHOP & STORES |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 71, 21 Dec 1929, 1138 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CREGAGH ROAD, CREGAGH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL (ALLEN MEMORIAL HALL) (PR) |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | Adjoining, Cregagh Presbyterian Church. Contractor: J. Elliott (£4620).. Completed by end of 1932. |
Refs: | IB 71, 2 Mar 1929, 194; 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1052 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HARBERTON PARK, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | 1930 |
Nature: | New. For S. & J. Agnew. |
Refs: | IB 72, 8 Nov 1930, 1008 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODVALE ROAD, SHOP & HOUSES |
Date: | 1930 |
Nature: | Conversion of house into shop & houses. |
Refs: | IB 72, 1 Feb 1930, 108 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HARBERTON PARK, NO. 020 |
Date: | 1930 |
Nature: | New. For S. & J. Agnew. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 68 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ONSLOW PARADE, HOUSES (006) |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 73, 23 May 1931, 465 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LADAS DRIVE, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 73, 26 Sep 1931, 844 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLARAT STREET, GARAGE |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Addition. |
Refs: | IB 73, 29 Aug 1931, 763 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BELMONT CHURCH HALL |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 73, 31 Jan,14 Feb 1931, 95,146 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM AVENUE, NO. 094 (& BELMONT CHURCH ROAD), BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Opened (after refurbishment?)by Lord Craigavon Oct or Nov 1931. |
Refs: | IB 73, 7 Nov 1931, 958 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KIMBERLEY STREET, SHOPS (002) AND HOUSE |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Conversion of shop & stores into 2 shops & house, for R. Wylie. (Plans passed by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 74, 3 Dec 1932, 1091; 75, 11 Mar 1933, 200 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SHORE ROAD, SHOP |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | New lock-up shop, for Mrs M. Anderson. (Plans approved by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 74, 27 Aug 1932, 280 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, KILKEEL, MOURNE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Old church to be enlarged and improved. |
Refs: |
IB 74, 30 Jul 1932, 685; illus. in Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 297. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RABY STREET, GARAGES (004) |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | New, for Andrew McIlroy. (Plans approved by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 74, 2 Jul 1932, 614 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RYDALMERE STREET, DEVONSHIRE HEMSTITCHING CO. |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Alts. (Plans approved by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 74, 21 May 1932, 480 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CADOGAN PARK (& MALONE ROAD), HOUSE |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Addition to house, for Mrs M.T. Guthrie, (Plans passed by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 75, 20 May 1933, 429 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LADAS DRIVE, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | New, for A. Milligan. (Plans passed by City Surveyor.) |
Refs: | IB 75, 25 Mar 1933, 247 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, EDINBURGH STREET, STORE |
Date: | 1934 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 66, 12 Jan 1924, 25 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ULSTERVILLE AVENUE, HOUSES (006) |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 77, 4 May 1935, 381 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RYDALMERE STREET, HOUSES (010) |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 77, 4 May 1935, 381 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BLYTHE STREET, ST AIDAN'S CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | Rebuilding portion of tower. For select vestry of St Aidan's Church. |
Refs: | IB 77, 14 Dec 1935, 1154 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DUNBAR STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1936 |
Nature: | Addition of concrete platform. |
Refs: | IB 78, 12 Dec 1936, 1131 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CLONTONAKELLY (LISBURN), PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1937 |
Nature: | New. For Co. Down Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 77, 14 Dec 1935, 1133; 79, 25 Dec 1937, 1141 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORWOOD PARK, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 80, 5 Mar 19338, 197 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, RICHVIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HALL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | New lecture hall, for Committee of Richview Presbyterian Church. |
Refs: | IB 80, 19 Mar 1938, 241 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLD LODGE ROAD (& CONLIG STREET), STORES & GARAGE |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | Conversion of shop & house into stores and garage. |
Refs: | IB 80, 19 Mar 1938, 241 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, TURIN STREET, SCOUT HALL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 80, 15 Oct 1938, 874 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALBERT BRIDGE ROAD, STORE |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 81, 5 Aug 1939, 678 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORWOOD PARK, HOUSE |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 81, 1 Apr,13 May 1939, 280,410 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, DROMARA?, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 80, 28 May 1938, 457 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 80, 23 Jul 1938, 608 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, NO. 105 (ST AIDAN'S PAROCHIAL HALL) |
Date: | 1939-1940 |
Nature: | Addition to parochial hall at corner of Donegall Rd & Tierney St, for select vestry of St Aidan's church. |
Refs: | IB 81, 1 Apr 1939, 280; 82, 22 Jun 1940, 418 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LAGAN STREET, NORTH OF IRELAND BUTCHERS' HIDE MARKETING ASSOCIATION |
Date: | 1940 |
Nature: | Offices and hide and skin store. |
Refs: | IB 82, 2 Mar 1940, 146 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BELMONT ROAD, NO. 188 (STRATHEARN SCHOOL) |
Date: | 1957a |
Nature: | Extension, consisting of 6 classrooms, headmistress's study, secretary's office & cloakroom, formally opened. Contractor: McAuley, McIlroy & Co. |
Refs: | IB 99, 29 Jun 1957, 507 |