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CLOSE, SAMUEL PATRICK
- Born: 1842 Died: 1925
Architect, of Belfast. Samuel Patrick Close was born in 1842 in Kilmaine, Co. Mayo, the son of Robert Shaw Close, rector of Kilmaine, and his wife, Sarah, the daughter of a Dublin merchant named Mills. He went to a private school in Dublin and was intended by his parents for the army, but the loss of an eye in an accident when he was about eighteen ruled out a military career and allowed him instead to pursue the profession of architect. In 1862, at the age of twenty, he became articled to the Belfast-based architectural firm of LANYON LYNN & amp; LANYON . By 1868 he had moved to Carrickfergus as clerk of works for the building of Sheils's Charitable Institution, designed by WILLIAM HENRY LYNN . On the completion of the building he left Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon, though maintaining some connection with the firm, and became superintendent of works for ALEXANDER TATE , county surveyor of Antrim. In this capacity he supervised the building of the new town hall at Larne (1868-1870). In 1872 he opened his own office at 53 Waring Street, Belfast, and for the next forty years or so ran a practice which was very largely limited to work in counties Antrim and Down. In 1899 he moved to new premises in Donegall Square, which were shared with W.H. Lynn.
Close was an excellent draughtsman and by September 1864, when his first illustration appeared in the Dublin Builder, had been chosen by Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon, to execute pictorial representations of their work. He was a frequent exhibitor of his drawings, both architectural designs and topographical sketches. Drawings by him were included in twenty-one RHA exhibitions between 1874 and 1908; he also exhibited at the RIAI in 1865, 1869 and 1873,(1) at the Belfast Industrial Exhibition in 1876,(2) at the Cork Industrial Exhibition in1883,(3) and at the Irish International Exhibition in 1907.(4) In 1868, on the recommendation of the council of the RIAI, he published the series of measured drawings of Holy Cross Abbey, Co. Tipperary, for which the RIAI had awarded him the Fitzgerald Silver Medal, with an accompanying descriptive letterpress;(5) three of the drawings were reproduced in the Irish Builder of 15 Aug 1888 (facing p. 208).
Close's figure is described by F.J. Bigger as 'rugged' and 'towering', though by temperament he was apparently mild and retiring. In about 1877 he married Lucinda Frances (d. 1920), daughter of William Burleigh, J.P., of Carrickfergus. Their son, RICHARD MILLS CLOSE , entered his father's firm in 1908, became a partner in 1910 and from about 1915 onwards was effectively in charge. After his retirement Samuel Close continued to live at Carrickfergus, which had been his home for most of his working life and where he had designed a house for himself in 1894. He died at Carrickfergus on 2 August 1925.
Close was a subscriber to George Lister Sutcliffe, The Principles and Practice of Modern House-Construction (London, 1898).
RIAI: elected student 17 March 1864;(6) awarded president's prize of £10, 21 June 1866;(7) associate, 1867; awarded Fitzgerald Silver Medal for his measured drawings of Holy Cross Abbey, Co. Tipperary; his paper on same, read to RIAI by GEORGE CARLISLE HENDERSON , 20 Febrary 1868;(8) elected fellow 17 April 1873;(9) restored to list of fellows, 1877.(10)
RSAI: elected member 21 April 1869.(11)
Belfast Architectural Association: founder member, 1872; delivers paper on measured drawings;(12) delivers paper on excursion to Northampton in 1872 with London Architectural Association;(13) chairs meeting March 1874.(14)
RHA: elected academician, circa 1892.
Belfast Ramblers' Sketching Club: member circa 1879-1910.
Addresses: Carrickfergus, 1869;(15) 53 Waring St, Belfast, 1872-<=1898; Donegall Square Buildings, Belfast, from <=1898.
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is fromAngela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990). An obituary of Close by F.J. Bigger appeared in Belfast News Letter, 27 Aug 1925, 8. A more recent account of Close's life and works is in Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 72-75.
(1) IB 12, 1 Jan 1870, 4; 16, 15 Jan 1873, 17.
(2) IB 18, 15 Jun 1876, 171-2, which describes his style as 'vigorous but rather conventional' and susceptible to 'cookery'.
(3) IALE.
(4) IALE.
(5) Reviewed in IB 11, 1 Mar 1869, 61.
(6) RIAI council meeting minutes, 4 Mar 1864, 11; general meeting minutes, 17 Mar 1864, 140.
(7) RIAI general meeting minutes 21 Jun 1866, 190; DB 8, 1 Jul 1866, 171.
(8) RIAI council meeting minutes, 20 Feb 1868, 103; general meeting minutes 20 Feb,19 Nov 1868, 219,225; IB 10, 15 Feb,1 Mar,15 Nov 1868, 47,58,283.
(9) RIAI council meeting minutes 7,12 Apr 1873, 178,179; general meeting minutes, 17 Apr 1873, 257; IB 15, 1 May 1873, 128.
(10) RIAI council meeting minutes, 5 Mar 1877, 207; subsequently, under the new RIAI constitution, Close had to pass through the election process again: council meeting minutes for 7 Apr 1883 (226) record his election as member, and general meeting minutes for 12 Dec 1885 (281) his election as fellow. But cf. Albert C. Freeman, ed., The Architect's & Surveyor's Directory & Referendum (1910), 185, which gives date of his becoming a fellow as 1883.
(11) JRSAI 10 (1868-69),265.
(12) B 30, 21 Dec 1872, 1003; IB 14, 15 Dec 1872, 333; Architect 8, 14 Dec 1872, 326.
(13) IB 15, 15 Mar 1873, 81.
(14) Architect 11, 28 Mar 1874, 187; IB 16, 1 Apr 1874, 96.
(15) JRSAI 10 (1868-9), 196.
133 work entries listed in chronological order for CLOSE, SAMUEL PATRICK
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Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, TOWN HALL |
Date: | 1868-1870 |
Nature: | Building of Alexander Tate's design supervised by SPC |
Refs: | IB 10, 1 Aug 1878, 195; Architect 11, ? ? 1874, 242; RHA 1875, no. 227 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERRYVOLGIE AVENUE, NO. 016 & 18 (ARDSALLAGH) |
Date: | 1870-71 |
Nature: | Pair of Italianat semi-detached villas. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 57; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 23-4 (Pls. 21-23); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 73 |
Building: | CO. MEATH, DOWDSTOWN (NAVAN) |
Date: | 1870ca |
Nature: | SPC may have assisted Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon in design |
Refs: | Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 434 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, ANTRIM, GLEBE HOUSE |
Date: | 1870s |
Nature: | Gabled, 3-storey. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 48-9 (Pls. 67,68) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL |
Date: | 1871 |
Nature: | SPC assisted Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon in building Charles Sherry's design |
Refs: | IB 13, 15 Sep 1871, 245; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 25. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, MCGAREL ALMSHOUSES |
Date: | 1872 |
Nature: | Ten High Victorian Gothic almshouses, for Charles McGarel. |
Refs: | RHA 1874, no. 272; IB 13, 1 Nov 1871, 283; 16, 15 Feb 1874, 63; 18, 15 Jun 1876, 172;Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 25-28 (Pls. 24-25,27); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 72(illlus.),73 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, PORTRUSH, HOUSES |
Date: | 1872 |
Nature: | Design for terraced houses on Antrim estate. |
Refs: |
Elevation and section of terraced houses on the Antrim estate Portrush, in PRONI, D2977/37/1/2/8 (see PRONI e-catalogue). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MEADOW STREET, HOUSE, STABLES & STORE |
Date: | 1873 |
Nature: | For John Ross. (Demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 128. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, KILWAUGHTER, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1874 |
Nature: | Gothic schools. For Rev. Classon Porter. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 28-30,128 (Pls. 28-30). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CASTLE DOBBS |
Date: | 1875 |
Nature: | Gate lodge and gates, for C.R. Dobbs. |
Refs: | Design in collection of Mssrs. McLaughlin & Hervey, 292, see Hugh Dixon, Ulster Architecture 1800-1900 (UAHS, 1972), 16 (no. 57); McGuinness, 30-31,128 (Pl. 33); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FLEET STREET (GARMOYLE STREET) WAREHOUSE & STORE (SINCLAIR & BOYD) |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 128. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, MAGHERAMORNE, MINISTER'S OR AGENT'S HOUSE |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | For Charles McGarel. |
Refs: | RHA 1877, no. 327; Architect 16, 30 Sep 1876, 198(illus.); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 31-2 (Pls. 34,35). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, MAGHERAMORNE, MISSION HOUSE & SCHOOLS (LATER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH) |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | Gothic Revival mission hall. For Charles McGarel. Design exh. Belfast Industrial Exhibition, 1876, and RHA, 1877. |
Refs: | RHA 1877, no. 327; IB 18, 15 Jun 1876, 172; Architect 16, 30 Sep 1876, 198(illus.); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 32-33 (Pls.34,38-40); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 72(illus.),73 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, GLENARM, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI, TICKMACREVAN PARISH) |
Date: | 1876 |
Nature: | Additions and/or improvements including addition of new porch, removal of gallery, replacement of dead wall with Gothic arch opening into tower at W end, conversion of part of tower into baptistry, new tracery windows in nave, tiling of aisle and hot air heating. Caen stone font presented by Dowager Countess of Antrim. New stained glass window in baptistry presented by rector, another on S side of nave presented by rector and 'lady relative'. |
Refs: | Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 20, no. 229, 1 Apr 1878, 101; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, MAGHERAMORNE, ORANGE HALL |
Date: | 1876ca |
Nature: | Attr. to SPC by McGuinness. For Charles McGarel. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 33. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERRYVOLGIE AVENUE, NO. 006 |
Date: | 1877 |
Nature: | Stables & stores. For Mrs Porter |
Refs: | McGuinness, 128 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, SHOP & PREMISES (JOHN MCKEE) |
Date: | 1877 |
Nature: | Ruskinian Gothic. Destroyed in blitz. |
Refs: | McGuinness, 33-34,128 (Pl. 41) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, OLDERFLEET HOTEL |
Date: | 1878 |
Nature: | New hotel with 3 large reception rooms, 2 private sitting rooms and about 25 bedrooms. Proprietor: James Chaine. |
Refs: | Architect 19, 20 Jul 1878, 36(illus.); RHA 1879, no. 309; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 38 (Pl. 46); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, GLYNN, GLEBE HOUSE |
Date: | 1878 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, MAGHERAMORNE HOUSE (1878) |
Date: | 1878-1880 |
Nature: | New house for for James McGarel Hogg, lst Baron Magheramorne, brother of Charles McGarel; 'a manorial composition with dubdued gothic elements' (Larmour). Builder: James Henry |
Refs: | RHA 1878, no. 483; RHA 1880, 495; IB 22, 15 Mar 1880, 83; Architect 24, 2 Oct 1880, 211(illus.); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 41-44 (Pls. 48-53); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 72(illus.), 73 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, APSLEY STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1879 |
Nature: | Gothic. For S.P. Cowan. Remodelled in 1930s. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 34-5,128. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, CHURCH OF ST CEDMA (CI, INVER PARISH) |
Date: | 1879-1880 |
Nature: | Closes for improvements, including insertion of fine and alteration of ceiling, &c. Reopened on St Patrick's Day 1880 after complete restoration. E end emphasized so as to form an internal chancel, with floor raised above remaining part New open pitch pine roof and new pews. Gifts include stained-glass E window given by Sir McGarel Hogg, encaustic tiles around communion table, stone pulpit (not yet erected), prayer desk, brass eagle lectern, new organ (about to be erected) and another memorial window. (Both McGuinness and Larmour date restoration of interior to 1885). |
Refs: | Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 21, no. 240, 1 Mar 1879, 460; 22, no. 13, 27 Mar 1880, 261.; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 57; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74. |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CASTLEBLAYNEY, PROVINCIAL BANK |
Date: | 1880 |
Nature: | New cash office |
Refs: |
AIB drawings collection; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 128; Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 234. |
Building: | CO. FERMANAGH, ENNISKILLEN, EAST BRIDGE STREET, BELFAST BANK |
Date: | 1880ca |
Nature: | Italianate. |
Refs: | Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 283;Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 54-55,128 (Pl. 78). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, GLENARM, CEMETERY |
Date: | 1881 |
Nature: | Designs for caretaker's house, gates and railings for new cemetery. |
Refs: |
Plans, elevations and details, 1881, in PRONI, D2977/37/3/1/3A (see PRONI e-catalogue). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, RUNKERRY HOUSE |
Date: | 1881-83 |
Nature: | New house in Scottish Baronial style for Edward Macnaghten |
Refs: | Building News, 10 Jun 1881,(illus.); Irish International Exhibition, 1907, no. 380; R.M. Young, Belfast and the Province of Ulster (1909), 212; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 44-48,128 (Pls. 55-66); W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildings…in North Antrim (UAHS, 1972), 26; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 72(illus.),73(illus.),74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARNMONEY, HOUSE |
Date: | 1882 |
Nature: | Drawing exh. at RHA |
Refs: | RHA 1882, no. 635 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, GARDENMORE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (OLD) |
Date: | 1882 |
Nature: | Gothic. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 80,128 (Pl. 135). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, METHODIST CHURCH |
Date: | 1882 |
Nature: | New Gothic church. To cost 'about £1500'. |
Refs: | Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 24, no. 121, 22 Apr 1882, 271; Sheela Speers, Under the Big Lamp(1989), 50(illus.); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, METHODIST CHURCH |
Date: | 1882-83 |
Nature: | New Gothic church. |
Refs: | Cork Industrial Exhibition 1883, no. 803; RHA 1883, no. 569; ?also 1884, no. 370 ('New church and schools, Larne'); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CAIRNCASTLE |
Date: | 1882ca |
Nature: | Extensive additions to existing house. |
Refs: | Building News, 17 Feb 1882, (illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, INVER STREET, BAKERY |
Date: | 1883 |
Nature: | Additions. (Demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 128. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, OLDERFLEET NATIONAL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1883 |
Nature: | New Gothic school. |
Refs: | 51st Report of Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (1884), 288; McGuinness, 51,128 (Pl. 73) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ANTRIM ROAD, ST PAUL'S SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1884 |
Nature: | For Rev. C. Scott. Demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 51-2, 128 (Pl. 74). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, VICTORIA STREET, NO. 161-163 (BELFAST BANK) |
Date: | 1884 |
Nature: | 2-storey, 4-bay red sandstone builidng on corner of Gloucester St. Contractor: H. & J. Martin. |
Refs: | Signed and dated elevation in collection of Northern Bank Ltd, Belfast Bank Index 60, see Hugh Dixon, Ulster Architecture 1800-1900 (UAHS, 1972), 25 (no. 127); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 53-4,128 (Pls. 76,77); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 320 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ADELAIDE STREET, WAREHOUSE |
Date: | 1885ca |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 56,128 (Pl. 80) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL ROAD (BALLYSILLAN), ST MARK'S PARSONAGE |
Date: | 1885ca |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 49,128 (Pl. 71); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, JAMES'S STREET SOUTH, WAREHOUSE (MCCRUM, WATSON & CO.) |
Date: | 1886 |
Nature: | Now extensively altered. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 56,128 (Pl. 79). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MERVUE STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1886 |
Nature: | For Alfred Lepper. Demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 52,128 (Pl. 77). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, UNION WORKHOUSE |
Date: | 1886 |
Nature: | Dispensary. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 49-50 (Pls. 72-3). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STEAM MILL LANE, JAMES MCAULEY & SONS |
Date: | 1886-7 |
Nature: | Stores, gates, offices. Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HOLYWOOD ROAD (DUNDELA), ST MARK'S RECTORY |
Date: | 1886-87 |
Nature: | New rectory for St Mark's select vestry. Gothic. Contractors: H. & J. Martin. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 5 May 1887; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 49,128 (pls. 69,70); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, CHAINE MEMORIAL TOWER |
Date: | 1886-88 |
Nature: | Irish round tower, raised by subscription in memory of James Chaine. Intended as a lighthouse but not equipped as one until 1897. |
Refs: | RHA 1889, no. 408; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 60,61,128 (Pls. 88,89); for more about this tower see Bill Long, Bright Light, White Water (1993), 181-2; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 73(illus),74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CORPORATION SQUARE, OFFICES & STORES (ROBERT MCAULEY & SONS) |
Date: | 1887 |
Nature: | Now demolished |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990),129. |
Building: | CO. DOWN, BANGOR, MAIN STREET, TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (2ND) |
Date: | 1887-1888 |
Nature: | New Gothic church to seat 700 and schools.. Early Perpendicular. Yorkshire stone, dressed with stone from Glebe quarries.Opened 29 Jul 1888. Builder: H. Laverty & Son |
Refs: | IB 29, 15 Mar 1887, 91; 30, 15 Aug 1888, 216; RHA 1888, no. 438; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 57,129; Marcus Patton, Historic Buildings in…Bangor and Groomsport (UAHS, 1984), 120; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, DRUMALIS |
Date: | 1888-1890 |
Nature: | Remodelling, for Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 'turning a compact house of the early 1870s in a restained Italianate style into a large and rambling composition dominated by a four-storey tower in a more exuberant style' (Larmour). Interiors by George Walton, Glasgow. |
Refs: | PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/6;Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 57-60 (Pls. 82-87); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 73(illus.),74 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, BANGOR, BRYANSBURN, HOUSES |
Date: | 1888-1890 |
Nature: | New villas, with well, stables and boundary wall, for A.S. Crawford, D.L. Builder: McLaughlin & Harvey, York St, Belfast. |
Refs: |
Accounts and correspondence re same, 1888-1890, in PRONI, D856/A/5/11 (see PRONI e-catalogue). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BROADWAY, BROADWAY DAMASK CO. |
Date: | 1888;1892;1903 |
Nature: | Additions to factory. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, GLENCOLUMBKILLE, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI) |
Date: | 1890 |
Nature: | New chancel and buttresses |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 85,129 (Pl. 141); Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999), 141(illus.); exterior also illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 171. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, NORTH ROAD, ST NICHOLAS'S RECTORY |
Date: | 1890-1892 |
Nature: | New rectory. Completed 1892. |
Refs: | Architect 44, 31 Oct 1890, suppl. p.2; Samuel McSkimin, The history and antiquities of the county of the town of Carrickfergus, from the earliest records till 1839 : also a statistical survey of said county (New ed., 1909), 371 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, ANTRIM, CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (CI) |
Date: | 1891 |
Nature: | Organ chamber and internal alts., including addition of chancel. New oak pulpit in memory of Rev. J.G. Holmes. |
Refs: | Architect 46, 30 Oct 1891, suppl. p.1; IB 34, 15 Aug 1892, 179; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129; UAHS Antrim & Ballymena list, 5 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALBERT BRIDGE ROAD (& MOUNT STREET), HOUSES |
Date: | 1891 |
Nature: | Additions. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLE STREET, INGLIS & CO. |
Date: | 1891 |
Nature: | Extensive internal alterations. (Demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 92,129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, HARPER & CO |
Date: | 1891 |
Nature: | Shops, warehouse, workshops reinstated after fire. Now demolished. |
Refs: | PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/9;Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 92-3,129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RIDGEWAY STREET, NO. 005-31 |
Date: | 1891 |
Nature: | Houses for McCaw, Stevenson & Orr |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 153; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990),88,129 (Pls. 142,143). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, TOMB STREET, OFFICES & STORES (J.J. MCCONNELL) |
Date: | 1891 |
Nature: | Now demolished |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WARING STREET, WILLIAM HENDERSON & SON |
Date: | 1891 or 1892 |
Nature: | Offices & stores, for William Henderson & Son |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 93,129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NEWTOWNARDS ROAD (BALLYMACARRETT), CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI) |
Date: | 1891-3;1901-03 |
Nature: | New church on site of Christ Church. FS laid 26 Oct 1891. 1st secton, built by Dixon & Campbell, consecrated 11 Mar 1893. 2nd section and tower completed by Mssrs. Thornbury, 1903. Cost £14,500; £2,500 still to be paid off in May 1904.(Church almost totally rebuilt after bomb damage in 1941) |
Refs: |
B 61, 14 Nov 1891, ?; 64, 25 Feb 1893, 155; 85, 17 Oct 1903, 391-2; IB 35, 1 Mar 1893, 61; RHA 1899, no. 307; PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/36; Irish Times, 6 May 1904; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 64 (under no. 144); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 68,69 (Pls. 94,95); Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 56-57(illus.); exterior also illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 185. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BROADWAY, SCHOOL & SCHOOLMASTER'S HOUSE |
Date: | 1891;1894 |
Nature: | For Broadway Damask Co. (Demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 90,129 (Pl. 147). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALBERT BRIDGE ROAD, NORTHERN BANK |
Date: | 1892 |
Nature: | Additions |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BROADWAY, HOUSES |
Date: | 1892 |
Nature: | For Broadway Damask Co. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE (& CLARENCE PL), CLARENCE PLACE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY |
Date: | 1892 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts. for Clarence Place Young Men's Society |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ELIZA COURT, BAKERY (INGLIS) |
Date: | 1892 |
Nature: | Additions, for James Inglis & Co. . (Now demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SHANKILL ROAD, ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1892 |
Nature: | For Rev. J. W. Sheerman. Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DUNBAR STREET, WAREHOUSE |
Date: | 1892 |
Nature: | New warehouse for J. & J. McConnell, builders.. |
Refs: | PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/13. |
Building: | CO. DERRY, COLERAINE, DIAMOND, BELFAST BANK |
Date: | 1892-1894 |
Nature: | Drawing exh. RHA 1892 |
Refs: | Northern Bank archives, NB/125; RHA 1892, no. 484; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 93,130 (Pl.153); W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildings…in Coleraine and Portstewart (UAHS, 1972), 9; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 75 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BLYTHE STREET, ST AIDAN'S SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1893 |
Nature: | For Select Vestry of St Aidan's CI church. Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 90,129 (Pl. 148) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANMILLIS ROAD, NO. 104-128 (CHILWORTH BUILDINGS) |
Date: | 1893 |
Nature: | 13 houses for McCaw, Stevenson & Orr |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 171,175(illus.); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990),2 89,129 (Pls.144-146); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74(illus.),75. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, UNIVERSITY ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1893 |
Nature: | Alterations, for J.J. McConnell. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DALTON STREET, WAREHOUSE (JOHN A. BECK & CO.) |
Date: | 1894 |
Nature: | Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990),129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, TOMB STREET, OFFICES & STORES (JOHN A. BECK & CO.) |
Date: | 1894 |
Nature: | Now demolished |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, EDEN ROAD, FODEEN |
Date: | 1894 |
Nature: | For himself |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 107,129. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BLYTHE STREET, ST AIDAN'S CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1894-1895 |
Nature: | New brick church in Early English style to seat 800. FS laid 27 Oct 1894. Builder: T. McMillan. Expected cost: £3,000. Consecrated 23 Mar 1895. |
Refs: |
IB 36, 15 Nov 1894, 252; McGuinness, 66-67, Pls. 90,91); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74; Clergy of Connor (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1993), 95; exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 218. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ?, ST JOHN'S CHURCH NATIONAL SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1894-5 |
Nature: | Enlargement |
Refs: | IB 36, 15 Jun 1894, 138; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990),130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DUNCAIRN GARDENS, HOUSES |
Date: | 1895 |
Nature: | For James Agnew |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LORD STREET, LEDLEY CHURCH SCHOOL (CI) |
Date: | 1895 |
Nature: | For select vestry of St Patrick's CI church |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 91,130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DURHAM STREET, NO. 086 (QUEEN VICTORIA NATIONAL SCHOOLS) |
Date: | 1895-6 |
Nature: | New school, replacing earlier one in connerction with and adjoining Christ Church, Durham St. FS laid by Marquess of Londonderry and Earl of Erne, 26 Jan 1895. Builder: Kidd.(Demolished, 1975.) |
Refs: | Irish Times, 29 Jan 1895; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 142; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd edn., 1985), 48, Pl. 43; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 90-91 (Pls. 149,150). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KING'S ROAD (KNOCK), CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI) |
Date: | 1895-96;1900 |
Nature: | FS laid 29 Jun 1895; chancel, transepts & one bay consecrated 13 Jun 1896. Builder: Courtney Bros. 2 more bays added and consecrated 23 Jun 1900. |
Refs: | B 71, 4 Jul 1896, 15; 79, 7 Jul 1900, 11; RHA 1908, no. 311; John Frederick MacNeice, The Church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), 43-46(illus.); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 70-72 (Pls. 100-105); Clergy of Down & Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 69(illus.); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74-5 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BALLYCASTLE, NEW QUAY, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | FS laid July 1896 |
Refs: | B 71, 18 Jul 1896, 60 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LITTLE DONEGALL STREET, WAREHOUSE & OFFICES (EDWARD KING & CO.) |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | New. (Demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MOUNTPOTTINGER, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | Builder: Wm. Kerr |
Refs: | B 70, 15 Feb 1896, 146 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ANTRIM ROAD, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI) |
Date: | 1896-1900 |
Nature: | Gothic revival, with some Irish revival detail. Opened, tho' only chancel, transepts and 1 bay of nave completed, 29 Jun 1900. Builder: H. Laverty & Sons. Terracotta panel over altar by George Tinworth. (Damaged in explosion, Jul 1987, and subsequently restored.) |
Refs: |
PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/22; B 79, 21 Jul 1900, 61; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 72-78,133 (Pls. 106-129); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 73(illus.),74(illus.),75; exterior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 220. |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, FAHAN, CHURCH OF ST MURA (CI, FAHAN UPPER PARISH) |
Date: | 1897 |
Nature: | Single-bay chancel. |
Refs: | IB 39, 15 Nov 1897, 224; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 290; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 84-5,130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WARING STREET, J. MORTON |
Date: | 1897 |
Nature: | Addition of offices to business premises. (Now demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, KILWAUGHTER, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1897 |
Nature: | New. (Now a house.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 91-92,130 (Pl. 152). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1ST), SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1897 |
Nature: | SPC exhibits drawing at RHA in 1908 (perhaps McKenna Memorial School, qv.) |
Refs: | RHA 1908, no. 311 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, VICTORIA STREET, MASONIC HALL |
Date: | 1897-1898 |
Nature: | Italianate. |
Refs: | B 73, 11 Sep 1897, 208; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 96 (Pl. 161); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 75 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, CAIRNDHU HOUSE |
Date: | 1897-98 |
Nature: | Major alterations to house for John Stewart Clarke, J.P., nephew of Hugh Smiley of Drumalis, turning it into 'a large multi-gabled house of asymmetrical plan and irregular outline, designed in a vaguely Tudor style but otherwise given a Chinese flavour by the fret-like treatment of its timber verndas and balconies'(Larmour) Also gate lodge |
Refs: | PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/28; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 94-96,130 (Pls. 155-157,159,160); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 74(illus.),75(illlus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, LARNE & INVER NATIONAL SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1897;1908 |
Nature: | Additions made in 1908 |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 92,130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, GREENCASTLE, PAROCHIAL HALL |
Date: | 1898 |
Nature: | For Rev. H.S. Cooper |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL PASS, CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE (CI) |
Date: | 1898-1900 |
Nature: | New church on site of Ulster Magdalene Asylum and Episcopal Chapel (damaged by fire in Dec 1898). Scrabo stone. Builder: James Kidd. FS laid Oct 1899. |
Refs: | IB 41, 15 Oct 1899, 156; 42, 1 Feb 1900, 256; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 69-70 (Pls. 96,97); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 75 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, FINVOY, CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1898-9 |
Nature: | Additions and alterations, including replacement of flat ceiling with open pitch-pine roof, new chancel, vestry and heating chamber, new cathedral glass in windows. New chancel and Moore memorial window consecrated 7 Sep 1899. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 15 Sep 1899; IB 41, l Oct 1899, 141; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 85,130; W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildings…in North Antrim (UAHS, 1972), 50. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRAVEN STREET, ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1898-99 |
Nature: | New church, for Rev. R. Usher Greer, MA. FS laid, 4 May 1899. 1899. Opened 1899. Builder: James Kidd. |
Refs: |
PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/28; Building News 76. 10 Mar 1899, 338; IB 40, 15 Sep 1898, 142; 41, 1 Dec 1899, 199; 42, 1 Feb 1900, 256; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 67,130 (Pls. 92,93); Clergy of Connor (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1993), 109; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 75; Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 220(illus.). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, ST NICHOLAS SCHOOLS & HALL |
Date: | 1898-9;1909 |
Nature: | New schools. Addition to infant school made in 1909 by S.P. Close & Son. (Further adds. 1912/13?, see |79th Report of National Education Commissioners| (1912/13), 18) |
Refs: | IB 41, 1 Dec 1899, 199;Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 101,130,131 (Pl. 165). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CHICHESTER STREET, PREMISES (C.H. BRETT) |
Date: | 1899 |
Nature: | Offices at rear |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DUFFERIN ROAD, WAREHOUSE & STORES (RICHARDSON BROS) |
Date: | 1899 |
Nature: | Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990),130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, ROSTELLAN |
Date: | 1899 |
Nature: | Additions, for J.B. Cunningham |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROSEMARY STREET, 1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1899 |
Nature: | Boundary walls & gates. Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, NO. 048 (FISHERWICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH) |
Date: | 1899-1901 |
Nature: | New church and lecture hall 'in early Perpendicular style with a Scottish Baronial note' (Larmour). Apse, 5-bay nave, transepts. Cost: £16,000. Design selected in competition. Builder: R. Corry. Opened 28 Apr 1901 |
Refs: | PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/31; IB 41, 15 Oct 1899, 156; 43, 23 May 1901, 736; B 80, 18 May 1901, 494; A.J. Rowan & C.E.B. Brett, Queen's University (UAHS, revised edition 1975), 39,40(illus.); UAHS: Malone & Stranmillis, 116; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 64 (no. 144, illus.); Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 79-82,130 (Pls. 136-140); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 73(illus.),75 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1899;1910-11 |
Nature: | New church. Consecrated, 9 Feb 1901. Enlarged by S.P. Close & Son, 1910-11. Contractor for enlargement Robert Corry & Son. |
Refs: |
John Frederick MacNeice, The Church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), IB 52, 30 Apr 1910, 282; 53, 15 Apr 1911, 245; IA & C 1, 8 Apr 1911, 150; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 70 (Pls. 98,99); Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 77; Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 75; Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 220(illus.). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, PARKMOUNT ROAD, HOUSES |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | Additions, for Wm. Kelly |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SANDOWN ROAD, ST COLUMBA'S CHURCH SCHOOL (CI) |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | Additions, for Rev. R. Waters. Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. DOWN, BANGOR, PRINCETOWN ROAD, NO. 079 & 81 (BAYSWATER) |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | Pair of 2-storey semi-villas. |
Refs: | Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, HOUSE |
Date: | 1901 |
Nature: | New house, for Rev. J. Lyon. |
Refs: | B 80, 20 Apr 1901, 400 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, KILKEEL, CHRIST CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1902 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for carrying out alterations and additions (including chancel?), Apr 1902. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 8 Apr 1902; IB 43, 24 Apr 1902, 1118; B 82, 12 Apr 1902, 380; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 84,130; for dates cf. Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 203. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 055-57 (J. RIDDEL & SONS) |
Date: | 1902 |
Nature: | New premises. Tenders invited Apr 1902. |
Refs: | IB 43, 24 Apr 1902, 1118; B 82, 19 Apr 1902, 408; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 187; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 101-102,130 (Pl. 167). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANMILLIS ROAD, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1902 |
Nature: | For Davis Ross. Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, COURT HOUSE |
Date: | 1902-03 |
Nature: | New. For Antrim County Council. Contract given to D. McIlgorm, Larne (£1,445) May 1903. Surveyor: Samuel Robinson, Larne. |
Refs: | Drawings in PRONI; IB 44, 17 Jul 1902, 1318; B 84, 16 May 1903, 525; C.E.B. Brett, Courthouses and Market Houses of Ulster (UAHS: 1973), 33; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 99-100. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SUFFOLK ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (CI, UPPER FALLS PARISH) |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | New transept & organ, costing about £700. |
Refs: | B 84, 20 Jun 1903, 637 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LOCKVIEW ROAD (STRANMILLIS), HOUSE |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | For J. King & Co. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WILLOWHOLME STREET, HOUSES |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | Terrace of 2-storey houses, for John Elliot |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 104,130 (Pls. 169,170). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, METHODIST CHURCH SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | Tenders for erecting same invited, Dec 1903. |
Refs: | IB 45, 3 Dec 1903, 3022; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 100-101,130 (Pl. 164). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LOCKVIEW ROAD (STRANMILLIS), F.KING & CO. |
Date: | 1903;1915 |
Nature: | Factory on 2-acre site for F. King & Co, makers of Edward's Desiccated Soup. Builder: McLaughlin & Harvey. Adds. 1915 |
Refs: | IB 45, 18 Jun 1903, 1816;Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 103,130. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, ST MARY'S SCHOOL |
Date: | 1904 |
Nature: | Addition to W. of building by W.H. Lynn. FS laid 2 Jul 1904 |
Refs: | IB 46, 16 Jul 1904, 442; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 67 (no. 34) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GROSVENOR ROAD, ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL |
Date: | 1904 |
Nature: | Superintendent's house ( demolished). |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 104-5,131 (Pls. 172,173). |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SILVIO STREET, ST MARY'S CHURCH SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1904 |
Nature: | Additions to western end of school originally designed by W.H. Lynn |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 100 (Pls. 162,163). |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, SCOTSHOUSE, CHURCH OF ST ANDREW (CI, CURRIN PARISH) |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | Restoration including new chancel and fittings |
Refs: | IB 47, 30 Dec 1905, 950; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 85,131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SILVIO STREET, HOUSE |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | For St Mary's select vestry |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, PAROCHIAL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1905-08 |
Nature: | New parochial school. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 101,131 (Pl. 165); 75th Report of Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (1908/9), 16 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMENA, BELFAST BANK |
Date: | 1907 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of new bank house |
Refs: | IB 49, 10 Aug 1907, 561; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 102,131 (Pl. 168); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 75 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BEERSBRIDGE ROAD, BELFAST FLAX & JUTE CO. FACTORY |
Date: | 1907 |
Nature: | Addition of chimney, economiser building and lavatory tower |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 103,131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DUNCAIRN GARDENS, HOUSES |
Date: | 1907 |
Nature: | For Belfast Flax & Jute Co. Demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ANTRIM ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1908 |
Nature: | For Herbert Ewart. (Demolished.) |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1908 |
Nature: | For John Riddel |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990),105. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, NATIONAL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1908ca |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 101. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, BARN MILLS, SCHOOLS |
Date: | 1909 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 101,131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CARRICKFERGUS, HIGH STREET, BUILDING |
Date: | 1909 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of building on site of Union Hall. By S.P. Close & Son. |
Refs: | B 96, 13 Mar 1909, 321. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, DRUMTULLAGH, CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1909 |
Nature: | New chancel & altar. By S.P. Close & Son. |
Refs: | IB 51, 29 May,24 Jul 1909, 342,470; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 85,131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GREAT PATRICK STREET, MARINERS' CHURCH (CI) |
Date: | 1909? |
Nature: | S.P. Close & Son may have done work on same. Letter from them stamped 1909 in RCB asks clergyman to borrow original plans from Dublin 'as we are somewhat puzzled by the construction of portions of your church'. |
Refs: | RCB Library, portfolio 6 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STOCKMAN'S LANE, HOUSE |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | For Henry Musgrave. Now demolished. |
Refs: | Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 131. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANMILLIS ROAD, RIDDEL HALL |
Date: | 1913-15 |
Nature: | Lynn's design carried out by S.P. Close & Son, who designed gates and lodge |
Refs: | IB 58, 24 Jun 1916, 284; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 165; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 106,131 (Pl. 174). |
Building: | CO. DOWN, WARRENPOINT, BELFAST BANK |
Date: | 1914 |
Nature: | New bank with octagonal corner atower with pyramidal roof. By S.P. Close & Son. Tenders invited Sep 1914. Contractor: John Graham? |
Refs: | Drawing(s) in Northern Bank archive, NB/290; IB 56, 12 Sep 1914, 544; B 107, 18 Sep 1914, 280; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 106,131 (Pl. 176); Paul Larmour, 'A Worthy Victorian Architect' , Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 75 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANMILLIS ROAD, RIDDEL HALL |
Date: | 1915 |
Nature: | Lynn's design for gate lodge carried out by S.P. Close & Son |
Refs: | IB 58, 24 Jun 1916, 284; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 165; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 106,131 (Pl. 174). |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Close, Samuel Patrick | Holy Cross Abbey, Co. Tipperary: a series of measured drawings of the church | 1868 | Belfast: Marcus Ward & Co., 1868. (Copy in IAA) |
Larmour, Paul | 'A worthy Victorian architect' | 1998 | Perspective: the Journal of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects 5 (May/Jun 1998), 72-75. |