Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK STREET, ST PAUL'S CHURCH (CI)

Name: LYNN, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK STREET, ST PAUL'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1850-51
Nature: New church for 600 worshippers. Consecrated 30 Sep 1851. (Damaged in blitz of May 1941.)
Refs: B 9, 11,25 Oct 1851, 646,679; 10, 7 Aug 1852, 495; 76, 2 Jun 1934, 462; APSD 1, B, 56; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 16 (no. 27); Paul Larmour, 'The father of Ulster architecture', Perspectives (May/Jun 1994), 54;  Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 220(illus.).


Name: ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK STREET, ST PAUL'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1867-1868
Nature: Enlargement by addition of N aisle, 'probably by Welland and Gillespie' (Larmour). New pews. Contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey.
Refs: Drawing, signed by Hemry McLaughlin and William M. Harvey, 24 Jun 1867, in RCB Library, portfolio 6 (illus. in on-line catalogue www.archdrawing.ireland.anglican.org; IB 11, 1 Jan 1869, 9; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 16 (No. 27).

Name: CLOSE, RICHARD MILLS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK STREET, ST PAUL'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1934
Nature: Rebuilding of W.H. Lynn's church after fire. No alterations to design.
Refs: IB 76, 10 Feb,2 Jun 1934, 98,462