Architect, of Belfast, active from the 1890s. According to the 1911 census, John Barrett Robinson born in Ireland in 1873 or 1874. He was articled to ROBERT GRAEME WATT ROBERT GRAEME WATT in Belfast and then worked in the offices of JOHN LANYON JOHN LANYON in Belfast and JAMES PERRY JAMES PERRY in Galway. He was in independent practice in Belfast by November 1901, when he applied for membership of the RIAI, and was working with a partner named Barcroft - probably AMBROSE BARCROFT - AMBROSE BARCROFT - circa 1909-1911. He died in 1938.
RIAI: elected member, 4 November 1901, having been proposed by NICHOLAS FITZSIMONS NICHOLAS FITZSIMONS , seconded by WILLIAM JOHN GILLILAND WILLIAM JOHN GILLILAND and MATTHEW ALEXANDER ROBINSON. MATTHEW ALEXANDER ROBINSON.
RSUA: member by 1937.
Addresses: Arthur Street, Belfast, <=1901-1902; 31 Arthur Street, 1903; 21 Arthur Street, 1904; 1 Lombard Street, <=1906-1916; 3 Cromac Street, 1917; 36 Elmwood Avenue, <=1919 until death.
See WORKS; see also BARRETT ROBINSON & BARRETT ROBINSON & amp; BARCROFT BARCROFT
References
IB 51, 2 Oct 1909, 629; 53, 23 Dec 1911, 857. JRIAI (1939), 18. RIAI general meeting minutes, 4 Nov 1901, 363. List of members in Thom's Directory (1937), 719.
6 work entries listed in chronological order for ROBINSON, JOHN BARRETT
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OSBORNE PARK, NO. 105 (MULDERG) |
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1899 |
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'Old English' style villa with half-timbered gables and bull's eye window, for Mrs Jane Robinson. Robinson himself lived there. |
| Refs: |
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 148
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| Building: |
CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OSBORNE PARK, NO. 101 & 103 |
| Date: |
1903 |
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Pair of semi-detached villas with half-timbered gables. For Mrs Jane Robinson. |
| Refs: |
IB 45, 26 Mar 1903, 1654; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 148,149(illus.)
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