Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL ROAD (BALLYSILLAN), ST MARK'S CHURCH (CI)

Name: LANYON, CHARLES (SIR)
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL ROAD (BALLYSILLAN), ST MARK'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1854-56
Nature: Small Gothic Revival church. FS laid 25 May 1854. Builder: James Carlisle. Consecrated 1 May 1856. (Larmour says probably designed by W.H. Lynn.)
Refs: John Frederick MacNeice, The church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), 21;  C.E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 36; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 46 (no. 98)

Name: LYNN, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL ROAD (BALLYSILLAN), ST MARK'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1864-66
Nature: Church of 1855 re-orientated and enlarged with new nave and chancel. (old nave turned into transepts). Reopened 2 Sep 1866. Builder: W.B. McMaster.
Refs: Contract drawings, signed and dated 22 May 1864 (contract, 13 Mar 1865)  in RCB Library, portfolio 6 (illus. in on-line catalogue www.archdrawing.ireland.anglican.org); DB 7, 1 Dec 1865, 286; 8, 1,15 Sep 1866, 218,230; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 46 (no. 98, illus.)

Name: LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL ROAD (BALLYSILLAN), ST MARK'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1865-66
Nature: Enlargement. See works of W.H. Lynn.
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Name: PHILLIPS, JAMES JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL ROAD (BALLYSILLAN), ST MARK'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1877;1885-86
Nature: Decoration of chancel and new screen behind communion table, 1877. Enlargement, organ chamber, baptistry screen, 1885-6. Dedicated 25 Jun 1886. Also wrought iron font cover (date?).
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 20, no. 226, 1 Jan 1878, 16;  John Frederick MacNeice, The church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), 21;  Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 46 (no. 98)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL ROAD (BALLYSILLAN), ST MARK'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1886
Nature: Reopened Jun 1886 after 'extensive improvements'.
Refs: IB 28, 1 Jul 1886, 200