Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Engineer, of Belfast. Edward Nevill Banks was born on 7 May 1845, the son of Benjamin Banks of Dublin. At the age of sixteen he was articled to BENJAMIN THOMAS PATTERSON BENJAMIN THOMAS PATTERSON , engineer and surveyor, of Dublin, with whom he remained as assistant until July 1866. In March 1867 he set up his own practice in Belfast, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was engaged in various water supply and sewerage works and frequently acted as arbitrator and witness in disputes connected with land drainage and injury by floods. He is possibly the 'architect' named Banks who appeared as a witness in the case of Smith v. Bronneau at Belfast Quarter Sessions in 1874.(1)

Banks died from the rupture of a blood vessel at his home in Malone Road, Belfast on 17 April 1896 after a short illness. He was a member of Belfast Corporation and worked 'with enthusiasm and self-denial' for the Church Missionary Society and the Protestant Orphan Society.

Inst.C.E.: elected associate member, 13 January 1891.
AAI: an 'E. Banks' elected member, 1872.(2)

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References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the obituary of Banks in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 126 (1895-96, Pt. IV), 400.

(1) IB 16, 15 Nov 1874, 319.
(2) IB 14, 15 Oct,15 Nov 1872, 281,313.


8 work entries listed in chronological order for BANKS, EDWARD NEVILL


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Building: CO. DOWN, HAYESTOWN, CHURCH
Date: 1879
Nature: Remodelling of school house to form church, including addition of chancel, new windows and roof. Church reopened Sep 1879. Contractor: J. Harkness.
Refs: IB 21, 1 Oct 1879, 311

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WINDSOR AVENUE LOWER, ST THOMAS'S NATIONAL SCHOOL
Date: 1880-81
Nature: 2-storey , red brick, with tower. Contractor: Joseph Croft. (Now commercial premises.)
Refs: Architect 26, 9 Jul 1881, 25; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 90

Building: CO. DOWN, ARDGLASS, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI)
Date: 1895
Nature: Restoration. Builder: John Apsley, Belfast.
Refs: B 69, 7 Sep 1895, 176; Architect 53, 8 Mar 1895, supplement p.9

Building: CO. DOWN, BANGOR, WATER SUPPLY
Date: ?
Nature: -
Refs: Min.Proc.Inst.CE 126 (1895-96), Pt. 4, 400

Building: CO. DOWN, BANGOR, SEWERAGE
Date: ?
Nature: -
Refs: Min.Proc.Inst.CE 126 (1895-96), Pt. 4, 400

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMENA, SEWERAGE WORKS
Date: ?
Nature: Under John Lanyon
Refs: Proceedings of Instition of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126 (1895-96), Pt. 4, 400

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMENA, WATER SUPPLY
Date: ?
Nature: Under John Lanyon
Refs: Proceedings of Instition of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126 (1895-96), Pt. 4, 400

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STONEYFORD WATERWORKS EXTENSION
Date: ?
Nature: Under L.L. Macassey
Refs: Proceedings of Instition of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126 (1895-96), Pt. 4, 400