Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Civil engineer and architect, of Coleraine, active in the late 1880s and early 1890s.

RSAI: elected member, 1892.(1)

Address: Harbour View, Coleraine, 1889-92.(2)

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References



(1) JRSAI 22 (1892), 321.
(2) See note 1, above, and Derry Almanac 1889-1892.


5 work entries listed in chronological order for ANDERSON, WILLIAM J.


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Building: CO. DERRY, BALLYWILLAN, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1888
Nature: Rebuilt in Gothic style. Builder: James Kennedy
Refs: IB 30, 1 Sep 1888, 228; W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildings…in Coleraine and Portstewart (UAHS, 1972), 34(illus),39; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 463;  illus. in Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 184.


Building: CO. DERRY, GARVAGH, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1889
Nature: Church reopened 23 Dec 1888 after undergoing extensive repairs (re-flooring, re-seating, new pulpit, redecoration). Contractor: H. Simpson, Coleraine.
Refs: IB 31, 1 Jan 1889, 13

Building: CO. DERRY, COLERAINE, NEW ROW, 2ND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1891
Nature: Addition of façade to church of 1832. Builders: John Maxwell & William Callaghan.
Refs: W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildings…in Coleraine and Portstewart (UAHS, 1972), 19 (no. 37); Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 206

Building: CO. DERRY, COLERAINE, SEWAGE SYSTEM
Date: 1891
Nature: Improvements
Refs: IB 33, 1 Feb 1891

Building: CO. DERRY, COLERAINE, PREACHINGHOUSE STREET, TEMPERANCE HALL
Date: 1892
Nature: WJA supervises building of same to designs by Young & Mackenzie.,
Refs: Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 250.