Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY
Name: | MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1855-58 |
Nature: | New convent, schools and orphanage, in Decorated Gothic style. To consist of 2 cloistered quadrangles.. Red and black brick with Scotch stone dressings. Site attached to Catholic seminary purchased 1852. Started Apr n1855. S wing housing nuns and schools finished first. Orphanage completed Apr 1858. Cloisters finished by end of 1858. Contractor: Thomas Byrne, Belfast & Armagh. |
Refs: | B 10, 21 Feb 1852, 123; 13, 14 Apr 1855, 177; 16, 27 Mar 1858, 214; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 19 (no. 34, illus.) |
Name: | O'NEILL, THOMAS J. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1909 |
Nature: | Chapel (of St Anthony?) to be erected. Contractor: James Henry & Sons, Crumlin Rd. (Demolished) |
Refs: | IB 51, 7 Aug 1909, 502; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 19 (no. 34) |
Name: | MCARDLE, F. & J. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1925;1937 |
Nature: | Additional storey to N wing, 1925; S wing, 1937. |
Refs: | IB 67, 11 Jul 1925, 570; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 19, no. 34 |
Name: | MCARDLE, FRANCIS |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1937 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. |
Refs: | IB 79, 20 Mar 1937, 262 |