Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Belfast, active from the 1920s until the 1950s. Thomas Henry, who, according to the 1911 census, was born Belfast in 1874 or 1875, was one of the four sons of the Rev. R.M. Henry, of Belfast, minister of Great Victoria Street Baptist Church, and his wife, Kate, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Berry of Athlone.(1) The artist Paul Henry was his younger brother.(2)   At the time of the 1911 census, he had been married for two years to his wife, Margaret, but did not yet have any children.   His practice appears to have been largely commercial, although in the 1930s he was responsible for a large housing development on the Ainsworth estate in west Belfast.

RIBA: elected fellow, 1925.(3)
RSUA:(4) hon. secretary, 1914-1920; president, 1920-21; no longer on list of members for 1937.

Addresses: Ocean Buildings, Donegall Square East, Belfast, <=1906->=1923;(5) Scottish Temperance Buildings, 16 Donegall Square South, 1925-1957.(6)
Home:  Ballycultra, Holywood, 1911.

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References



(1) Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists, 20th Century (1996), 185.
(2) IB 67, 27 Jun 1925, 530.
(3) RIBA Kalendar 1957-1958, 266.
(4) RSUA Jubilee Year Book 1951-1952, 5.
(5) IB 48, 17 Nov 1906, 927; Who's Who in Architecture 1923, 122.
(6) IB 67, 26 Dec 1925, 1054, and see note 3, above.


54 work entries listed in chronological order for HENRY, THOMAS WILLIAM


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Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR STREET (& CALLENDER STREET), PREMISES (HANNA & BROWNE)
Date: 1906-08;1926
Nature: New premises near Theatre Royal, for Hanna & Browne, cabinetmakers. Red brick with Isle of Arran stone dressings. Contractor: Courtney & Co. Fire escape, 1926.
Refs: IB 48, 17 Nov 1906, 927; 49, 20 Apr,21 Sep 1907, 288,661; 50, 18 Apr 1908, 245; 68, 30 Oct 1926, 824; B 94, 2 May 1908, 518; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 46

Building: CO. TYRONE, COALISLAND, FLOUR MILLS (R. STEWART & SONS)
Date: 1907
Nature: New premises completed to replace those destoyed by fire. Contractors: McLaughlin & Harvey, Belfast.
Refs: IB 49, 21 Sep 1907, 661

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CADOGAN PARK, NO. 024
Date: 1907
Nature: -
Refs: Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 40

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ATHOL STREET, WAREHOUSE
Date: 1907-08
Nature: New. Tenders invited Jun 1907. Contractor: W.J. Campbell & Sons.
Refs: IB 49, 15 Jun 1907, 425; 51, 9 Jan 1909, 18

Building: CO. DOWN, NEWCASTLE, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1908
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting new church, for Rev. James Keers and the committee.
Refs: IB 50, 30 May 1908, 341; B 94, 30 May 1908, 647

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FERNHILL, HOUSE
Date: 1910
Nature: Adds., for Josiah Cunningham. Contractor: H. Laverty & Sons.
Refs: IB 12, ? ? 1910, 444

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MYRTLEFIELD PARK, NO. 065 (DUNLOE)
Date: 1911
Nature: Large, roughcast, with veradah porch.
Refs: Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 139

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK STREET, NO. 029,31,33 (CENTRAL FURNISHING CO.)
Date: 1913
Nature: Extension.
Refs: IB 55, 24 May 1913, 351

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WARING STREET, NO. 001-3 (COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS)
Date: 1919
Nature: Internal alts.
Refs: Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 326

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, NO. 171 (ULSTER BANK)
Date: 1919;1921
Nature: New branch bank.
Refs: 'Sketch for suggested Motor House', 1921 seen by Hugh Dixon, 1972, formerly in Ulster Bank archive, Belfast, UB/N8 (destroyed in bomb attack, 1972);  Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (Belfast: Friar's Bush Press, 1987), 81 (sub No. 186).

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, EAST BRIDGE STREET, SHOPS (003)
Date: 1924
Nature: -
Refs: IB 66, 12 Jan 1924, 25

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CURTIS STREET, STORE & GARAGE
Date: 1924
Nature: -
Refs: IB 66, 6 Sep 1924, 778

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LINFIELD ROAD, NO. 001-13 (MURRAY, SONS, & CO.)
Date: 1925-26;1935
Nature: Adds.
Refs: IB 67, 17 Oct 1925, 857; 68, 20 Feb,11 Dec 1926, 141,921; 77, 21 Sep 1935, 871

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SHANKILL ROAD, NO. 298-300 (PUBLIC LIBRARY)
Date: 1925-28
Nature: TWH winner of competition. (Assessor: James Cumming Wynnes.) Opened 1928. Cost: £15,000. Builder: Mssrs Thornbury.
Refs: IB 67, 27 Jun,11 Jul,26 Dec 1925, 530,?,1054; 68, 1 May 1926, 354; 70, 24 Nov 1928, 995(&/or 1003); 75, 16 Dec 1933, 1067; AJ 62, 1 Jul 1925, 33; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 81 (no. 186, illus.)

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, BALMORAL SHOW GROUNDS
Date: 1926
Nature: Show Hall. Plans approved by City Surveyor.
Refs: IB 68, 6 Feb,15 May 1926, 98,394; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 87

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLYGOMARTIN ROAD (NEAR), HOUSE
Date: 1926
Nature: Adds., for Josias Cunningham. Plans approved by City Surveyor.
Refs: IB 68, 20 Feb 1926, 141

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KING'S ROAD, HOUSES
Date: 1926
Nature: Adds., for Sir Robert Lynn. Plans approved by City Surveyor.
Refs: IB 68, 20 Mar 1926, 221

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANMILLIS ROAD, ST BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH HALL?
Date: 1926
Nature: Tenders invited for 'New Church Builidngs, St Bartholomew's Parish'.
Refs: IB 68,16 Oct 1926, 793

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE HILL PARK, NO. 006
Date: 1927
Nature: Arts & Crafts style house, for himself.
Refs: IB 69, 6 Aug 1927, 578; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 94

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, BALMORAL SHOW GROUNDS
Date: 1927
Nature: Refreshment rooms & adds. Plans approved by City Surveyor.
Refs: IB 69, 5 Mar 1927, 162; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 87

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, TWADDELL AVENUE (& CRUMLIN GARDENS), SHOP & HOUSE
Date: 1927
Nature: For Mrs. M. Reid. Plans approved by City Surveyor.
Refs: IB 69, 22 Jan 1927, 50

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BELMONT ROAD, BOUNDARY WALL
Date: 1928
Nature: Boundary wall to grounds on Belmont Rd.
Refs: IB 70, 13 Oct 1928, 882

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLENCAIRN ROAD, HOUSES (002)
Date: 1928
Nature: -
Refs: IB 70, 12 May 1928, 420

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, BALMORAL SHOW GROUNDS
Date: 1928
Nature: Cattle sheds & dressing stations.
Refs: IB 70, 4 Feb,26 May 1928, 110,462

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CREGAGH ROAD, SHOP & HOUSE
Date: 1929
Nature: -
Refs: IB 71, 16 Mar 1929, 238

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SHAFTESBURY SQUARE, SHOPS, STORES & GARAGES (002)
Date: 1929
Nature: Conversion from 2 houses.
Refs: IB 71,19 Jan,2 Feb 1929, 62,106

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SHAFTESBURY SQUARE, NO. 005,7,9,11
Date: 1929
Nature: Conversion of residential houses into shops with flats in upper storeys.
Refs: IB 71, 2,16 Feb,27 Apr 1929, 109,150,378

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NEWTOWNARDS ROAD UPPER, ULSTER BANK
Date: 1929
Nature: Bank premises and house. contractor: John Elliott, Hillsborough Dr.
Refs: IB 71, 13 Apr 1929, 330; 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1050; Architect & Building News 121, 28 Jun 1929, 901

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GREAT VICTORIA STREET, PREMISES
Date: 1929
Nature: Water tanks.
Refs: IB 71, 25 May 1929, 464

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLYHACKAMORE, ULSTER BANK
Date: 1929
Nature: Contractor: John Elliott,Belfast.
Refs: IB 71, 30 Mar,22 Jun 1929, 273,280,567

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, BALMORAL SHOW GROUNDS
Date: 1929
Nature: New office building, adds. to lavatories, and other improvements. Contractors: S. & J. Agnew, Belfast.
Refs: IB 71, 2 Feb,30 Mar,13,27 Apr 1929, 106,278,330,376

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLENARM ROAD (E SIDE), MOTOR SHOWROOM
Date: 1930
Nature: -
Refs: IB 72, 26 Apr 1930, 384

Building: CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, ULSTER BANK
Date: 1930-31
Nature: New. Contractor: F.B. McKee, Belfast.
Refs: seen by Hugh Dixon, 1972, formerly in Ulster Bank Premises Department, Belfast, Belfast, UB/N48 (deswtroyed in bomb attack, 1972); IB 72, 26 Apr,7 Jun 1930, 384,522; 73, 20 Jun 1931, 555; 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1050

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, BALMORAL SHOW GROUNDS
Date: 1931
Nature: Large exhibition hall and office building.
Refs: Building News 126, 12 Jun 1931, 373; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 87

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERAMORE DRIVE, HOUSE
Date: 1933
Nature: Adds., for Mrs. A. Fennell.
Refs: IB 75, 16 Dec 1933, 1085

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODVALE AVENUE, HOUSES (014)
Date: 1934
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 76, 1 Dec 1934, 1049

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH DR (NEW STREET OFF), HOUSES (034)
Date: 1934
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 76, 30 Jun 1934, 557

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH STREET, HOUSES (020)
Date: 1934
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 76, 16 Jun 1934, 517

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH DR (NEW STREET OFF), HOUSES (042)
Date: 1934
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 76, 14 Jul 1934, 601

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH DRIVE, HOUSES (008)
Date: 1934
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 76, 14 Jul 1934, 601

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH DRIVE, SHOP
Date: 1934
Nature: New lock-up shop.
Refs: IB 76, 3 Nov 1934, 951

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
Date: 1934-36
Nature: Development of 330 semi-detached houses. Contractors: McRoberts & Armstrong, Belfast.
Refs: IB 76, 19 May,2 Jun,14 Jul,1934, 417,462,601; 77, 26 Jun 1935, 50

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DHU VARREN PARK, HOUSES (004)
Date: 1935
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 77, 9 Mar 1935, 205

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DHU VARREN CRESCENT, HOUSES (010)
Date: 1935
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 78, 13 Jun 1936, 523

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODVALE AVENUE (& NEW STREET OFF), HOUSES (134)
Date: 1935
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 77, 9 Mar 1935, 205

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH PARADE (NEW STREET OFF), HOUSES (006)
Date: 1935
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 78, 22 Feb 1936, 162

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AINSWORTH PARADE, HOUSES (004)
Date: 1935
Nature: Part of Ainsworth estate housing development.
Refs: IB 78, 22 Feb 1936, 162

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, PETER'S HILL, PUBLIC BATHS
Date: 1936
Nature: Extension.
Refs: Belfast News Letter, 24 Jun,27 Sep 1933; IB 75, 15 Jul,9 Sep,7 Oct 1933, 586,781,854; 76, 20 Oct,3 Nov 1934, 897,952; 78, 18 Apr,2 May 1936, 339,358; Architect & Building News 135, 14 Jul,22 Sep 1933, 50,338; 139, 31 Aug 1934, 252

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ELAINE STREET, HOUSE
Date: 1936
Nature: -
Refs: IB 78, 27 Jun 1936, 572

Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, LISBARNETT PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Date: 1937
Nature: Reconstruction and repair.
Refs: IB 81, 1 Apr 1937, 280

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WALNUT STREET (& PINE STREET), STORES & OFFICE
Date: 1938
Nature: -
Refs: IB 80, 5 Feb 1938, 13

Building: CO. DOWN, DRUMLOUGH (HILLSBOROUGH), PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Date: 1938
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 80, 24 Dec 1938, 1078

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BERLIN STREET, HOUSES (003)
Date: 1939
Nature: -
Refs: IB 81, 29 Apr 1939, 368

Building: CO. DOWN, BANGOR, TRINITY PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Date: 1939
Nature: Reconstruction and alts.
Refs: IB 81, 4 Mar 1939, 194