Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROSEMARY STREET, 3RD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Name: | MILLAR, JOHN |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROSEMARY STREET, 3RD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1829-1831 |
Nature: | Original design by JM, but after failure of original contractor, built by JM to designs by Duff & Jackson for £3,000. Portico, described by Lewis as a 'stately Grecian-Doric portico of ten lofty columns resting on a basement of twenty steps, and surmounted by a beautiful attic balustrade, composed of a series of pedestals and light pierced work, having a novel and pleasing effect', designed and executed by JM . (Demolished and replaced by Masonic Hall, 1950.) |
Refs: | Perspective view exh. Belfast Association of Artists, 1836, no. 64; Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 198; J.W. Kernohan, Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast (1923), ?; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 276; C.E.B. Brett, 'Brett on John Millar, Architect, of Belfast', Ulster Architect, Sep/Oct 1994, 4 |
Name: | DUFF & JACKSON |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROSEMARY STREET, 3RD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
Date: | 1829-1831 |
Nature: | Modify and supervise erection of building originally designed by John Millar, who acted as contractor though absent in London. Portico only designed and supervised by Millar on his return.. |
Refs: | Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 276; C.E.B. Brett, 'Brett on John Millar, Architect, of Belfast', Ulster Architect, Sep/Oct 1994, 4 |