Selected: CO. DOWN, SCRABO HILL, LONDONDERRY MONUMENT
Name: | BARRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH |
Building: | CO. DOWN, SCRABO HILL, LONDONDERRY MONUMENT |
Date: | 1856 |
Nature: | Placed 1st in competition, but commission given to Lanyon. |
Refs: | Freeman's Journal, 12 Mar 1856 (citing Newry Telegraph); B 14, 15 Nov 1856, 631; Durham Dunlop (ed.), A Memoir of the professional life of William J. Barre, Esq. member of the Royal Insitute of Architects Ireland: with photographic illustrations selected from his works (Belfast: James Magill, 1868), 8-20; C.E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 37-38. |
Name: | BOYD, JOHN [2] |
Building: | CO. DOWN, SCRABO HILL, LONDONDERRY MONUMENT |
Date: | 1856 |
Nature: | Placed 2nd in competition, but Lanyon's design adopted |
Refs: | Freeman's Journal, 22 Jan 1856 (citing Newry Telegraph); B 14, 15 Nov 1856, 631; Durham Dunlop (ed.), A Memoir of the professional life of William J. Barre, Esq. member of the Royal Insitute of Architects Ireland: with photographic illustrations selected from his works (Belfast: James Magill, 1868), 8-18 |
Name: | LANYON & LYNN |
Building: | CO. DOWN, SCRABO HILL, LONDONDERRY MONUMENT |
Date: | 1856-57 |
Nature: | Monument to Marquess of Londonderry in form of Scottish Baronial tower. Designed by Charles Lanyon, who won 3rd or 4th place in competition. Cost: £3010. (But obituary of Lynn in IB 57, 25 Sep 1915, 431, says it was designed by Lynn). FS laid Mar 1857. Contractor: Hugh Dixon, Newtownards. |
Refs: | DB 7, 15 May,15 Jul 1865, 124(illus.),174; IB 99, 4 Apr,24 Aug 1957, 190,669; B 14, 15 Nov 1856, 631; 15, 14 Mar,4 Apr 1857, 155,190,191(illus.); 7, 15 May 1865, ?(illus.); Durham Dunlop (ed.), A Memoir of the professional life of William J. Barre, Esq. member of the Royal Insitute of Architects Ireland: with photographic illustrations selected from his works (Belfast: James Magill, 1868), 8-20; C.E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 37-38; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of North County Down (UAHS, 2002), 270-272 |