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WILSHERE, REGINALD SHARMAN
- Born: 1888 Died: 1961
Architect, of Belfast. Reginald Sharman Wilshere, son of Sharman Judson Wilshere of Kirby Muxloe, Liecestershire,(1) was born on 10 April 1888, and was a boarder at Eastbourne College, Sussex, in 1902-1903. After serving articles with George Lawton Brown of Leicester and attending the Leicester College of Art, he moved to London, where he worked for various architects, spending two years with RALPH KNOTT , who was then engaged on the London County Hall. While he was in London he was awarded a bronze medal with honours in the South Kensington School's building construction examination and won an open studentship at the Royal Academy, where he studied architectural design under REGINALD BLOMFIELD , EDWIN LUTYENS and ASTON WEBB . He also played rugby with the Richmond Rugby Football Club and rowed for the Thames Rowing Club at Henley Regatta. In 1914 he was appointed senior assistant architect to Essex County Council, but towards the end of 1915, following the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted in the Artists' Rifles(2) and subsequently obtained a commission in the Royal Engineers, serving with the Guards Division from 1916 until after the Armistice. He was awarded the Military Cross for bridging operations at the third battle of Ypres. After the war he resumed his post with Essex County Council, which was engaged in an extensive school building programme.
In April 1926 Wilshere was appointed architect to the Belfast Corporation Education Committee at a salary of £1,000 per annum.(3) He was the second incumbent; the first, WILLIAM GEORGE DAVIES , who had also previously worked for Essex County Council, had resigned early in 1926 on being appointed architect to Sheffield Corporation. By the end of the 1930s Wilshere had designed twenty-six new schools and improved many others. His new schools were characteristically built round quadrangles, with corridors open to the air. He believed in large schools because they allowed the pupils to be graded and because they made children feel that they belonged to an important institution.(4) Schools, he felt, should provide oases of beauty in their pupils' lives; in an article on the Hemsworth Square public elementary school, the Irish Builder noted that 'Mr Wilshere's own idea…is that if the children of a district have no beauty in their daily surroundings, they need beauty all the more in their schools'.(5) In 1930 he was awarded the first RIBA Ulster Architecture Medal for his Strandtown School.(6) He took a break from his responsibilities in May 1937 when he went to England to recuperate from a small operation.(7)
In 1948, towards the end of his career, Wilshere was given the additional responsibility of housing architect to the Corporation and allotted a deputy 'to relieve him of detailed work'.(8) As housing architect he was responsible for the Edenvale housing estate. He retired in 1954, when he was succeeded by Donald Allen Shanks. In all he had designed thirty-nine new schools. His staff marked his retirement by arranging an exhibition, 'Belfast Builds Schools'.(9) After his retirement he continued to practise privately. He died on 31 December 1961. His wife, Constance Mildred (née Powell), whom he had married in 1918, survived him.
Wilshere acted as assessor for two competitions, both held in 1934; these were for the Whiteabbey Sanatorium(10) and the Belfast Methodist College Whitla Hall.(11)
RIBA: passed preliminary examination, June 1904;(12) admitted student (placed third out of fifty-eight candidates who passed the Intermediate Exam), 1912;(13) associate, 1915;(14) elected fellow, 1933.
RSUA:(15) hon. treasurer, 1930-1932; president, 1935-1937, 1954-1956.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: fellow.
Addresses:(16) Work: College Square, Belfast, 1927;(17) Victoria Street, 1927;(18) Old Town Hall, Victoria Street, 1936-1938; College of Technology, Belfast, 1941-1948; Education Office, 40 Academy Street, Belfast, 1953.
Home: Craven House, Princess Road, Leicester, 1904;(19) 37 Adolphus Park, Finsbury Park North, 1912;(20) 60 Trinity Road, Chelmsford, Essex, 1915;(21) Crawfordsburn Road, Newtownards, Co. Down, 1958.(22)
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the entry on Wilshere in Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), II, 1019, from the biography in IB 74, 2 Jan 1932, 10, and from the records of Eastbourne College (courtesy of Michael Partridge, College Archivist); other brief biographies are in IB 73, 1,29 Aug 1931, 678,750. An obituary is in B 202, 12 Jan 1962, 74 (not seen).
(1) According to the biography of 2 Jan 1932 noted above, he was a grandson of Thomas Wilshere, who worked in Ireland for some years as a Baptist minister in Athlone and Waterford. His father, who was born in Ireland circa 1854, was working as a bank clerk and living with his father, Thomas Wilshere, at Evington Street, Leicester, at the time of the 1881 census.
(2) RIBAJ 23 (1915-16), 68.
(3) IB 68, 17 Apr 1926, 313.
(4) IB 73, 19 Dec 1931, 1089?-1091?
(5) IB 74, 26 Mar 1932, 284.
(6) IB 73, 1,29 Aug 1931, 678,750; 74, 27 Feb 1932, 202; 76, 1 Dec 1934, 1033; Architect and Building News 127, 21 Aug 1931, 206; AJ 75, 2 Mar 1932, 301.
(7) IB 79, 15 May 1937, 436.
(8) IB 90, 2 Oct 1948, 798.
(9) IB 96, 10 Apr 1954, 351.
(10) RIBAJ 41 (1933-34), 663; IB 75, 6 May 1933, 368; 76, 11 Aug,8 Sep 1934, 666,738; Northern Whig, 9 Apr 1934; Irish Times, 26 Apr 1934. Architect & Building News 139, 20 Jul,7 Sep 1934, 63,276; initially it was proposed that Wilshere should also be assessor for another competititon for Graymount Childrens' Sanatorium (see Northern Whig, 15,17Aug 1933 and IB 76, 17 Nov 1934, 989), but this does not appear to have taken place.
(11) Architect & Building News139, 20 Jul,31 Aug 1934, 63,235; IB 76, 16 Jun,8 Sep 1934, 502,738.
(12) RIBAJ 11 (1903-4), 480.
(13) RIBAJ 19 (1911-1912), 656.
(14) RIBAJ 22 (1914-15), 120.
(15) From lists of past office bearers in RSUA year books.
(16) See note 12, above.
(17) From RSUA membership lists unless otherwise stated.
(18) IB 69, 5 Feb 1927, 86.
(19) IB 69, 29 Oct 1927, 802.
(20) See note 13, above.
(21) See note 14, above.
(22) RIBA Kalendar 1957-1958, 583.
73 work entries listed in chronological order for WILSHERE, REGINALD SHARMAN
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Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RAVENHILL ROAD, PARK PARADE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1925-28 |
Nature: | Completion of school begun by W.G. Davies. Accommodation for 672 pupils, planned round 2 quadrangles. 14 classrooms to accommodate 48 pupils each. |
Refs: | IB 70, 24 Nov 1928, 992,994,996(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, VICTORIA STREET, NO. 080 (TOWN HALL & MUNICIPAL OFFICES) |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Plans for alts. to same for Belfast Corporation Education Committee approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 18 Sep 1926, 718 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MELBOURNE STREET (& BROWN SQUARE), SCHOOL |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Addition, for elfast Education committee. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 28 Mar 1927, 396 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MILL AVENUE (LIGONIEL), PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Adds. , for Belfast Education Committee. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 14 May 1927, 358 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIMESTONE ROAD, MOUNTCOLLYER PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1927-1930 |
Nature: | New school for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. Bulder: J. & R.W. Taggart, Hopefield Ave, Belfast. |
Refs: | IB 69, 26 Nov 1927, 881; 72, 16 Aug 1930, 716; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DIVIS STREET, ST COMGALL'S PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1927-1933 |
Nature: | New school on site of old Model School built for RC parish of St Peter's. Built round quadrangle. Plans prepared considerable time before construction, which was delayed by 'certain educational disputes'. Erected under supervision of Thomas Houston. Builder: F.B. McKee & Co. |
Refs: | IB 69, 5 Feb,16 Apr,29 Oct 1927, 86,278,802; 75, 2 Dec 1933, 1038(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FANE STREET (& TATE'S AVE), PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1927-28 |
Nature: | New school, for Belfast Education Committee. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 14 May 1927, 358; 70, 4 Feb 1928, 86(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALVERN STREET, RIDDEL MEMORIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts. |
Refs: | IB 70, 23 Jun 1928, 550 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, PERTH STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. |
Refs: | IB 70, 8 Dec 1928, 1042 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MERSEY STREET, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | New school. |
Refs: | IB 70, 4 Feb 1928, 86(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALMORAL AVENUE, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | New school and alts. & adds. to existing schools. |
Refs: | IB 70, 14 Apr 1928, 331 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RIGA STREET, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1928-1930 |
Nature: | New school for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. Opened ?22 (or 29) Aug 1930 by Duke of Abercorn. Builder: William Dowling, Cromwell Rd, Belfast. |
Refs: | IB 70, 18 Aug 1928, 712; 72, 24 May,30 Aug 1930, 462,756; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTH ROAD, STRANDTOWN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1928-1930 |
Nature: | New single-storey school. Exterior of 2 types of rustic brick, with artificial stone dressings. Builder: H. & J. Martin. (Winner of first Ulster Architecture Medal, 1930.) Also pavilion and caretaker's house at playing fields, 1930 |
Refs: | Architect & Building News 127, 21 Aug,4 Sep 1931, 206,270-272(illus.); IB 70, 27 Oct,8 Dec 1928, 915,1042; 72, 26 Apr 1930, 383; 73, 17 Jan,1,29 Aug,19 Dec 1931, 52,678,750,1089-90; 74, 27 Feb 1932, 202; 76, 1 Dec 1934, 1033; 74, 27 Feb 1932, 202; 76, 1 Dec 1934, 1033; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 84 (no. 194, illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, WHITEHOUSE, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | Addition. |
Refs: | IB 71, 27 Apr 1929, 380 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BLYTHE STREET, LINFIELD PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New school to accommodate 1,000, for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 71, 2 Feb,16 Mar,17 Aug 1929, 85,238,749; 73, 19 Dec 1931, 1090(illus.); 78, 11 Jul 1946, 590; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CREGAGH ROAD, HARDING MEMORIAL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1929-1932 |
Nature: | Extension. Contract placed with Thomas McKee & Sons, Imperial Dr, Belfast (£6,640)(Original contractor Houston & Graham?). |
Refs: | IB 71, 27 Apr,11 May 1929, 378,409; 74, 18 Jun 1932, 568; Architect & Building News 128, 11 Dec 1931, 331; 132, 14 Oct 1932, 57 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BROADWAY (& IVEAGH STREET), PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1930 |
Nature: | Extension and remodelling. ?Estimated cost: £4750. |
Refs: | IB 72, 2,16 Aug 1930, 687,727 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BEERSBRIDGE ROAD, ELMGROVE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1930-33 |
Nature: | New school for over 1,000 pupils. Builder: J. & R.W. Taggart, Hopefield Ave. Caretaker's house, 1932. |
Refs: | IB 72, 10,24 May 1930, 432,476; 74, 13,27 Aug,19 Nov 1932, 748,780,1047(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 84(No. 195, illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, APSLEY STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Addition, for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 73, 24 Oct 1931, 927 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RODEN STREET, KELVIN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | New school for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTHUMBERLAND STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Site acquired for school to accommodate 1,000 pupils. |
Refs: | Architect & Building News 127, 18 Sep 1931, 336 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RODEN STREET, GROSVENOR PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1931-33;1934 |
Nature: | New school for 800 pupils, opened Sep 1933. Builder: Isaac Copeland & Sons, Lower Windsor Ave, Belfast.. For Belfast Corporation Education Committee. Caretaker's house at rear, 1934. (Extended, 1955.) |
Refs: | IB 73, 26 Sep 1931, 844; 75, 26 Aug 1933, 717-718(illus.); 76, 3 Nov 1934, 951; 78, 11 Jul 1936, 590 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLDPARK ROAD, FINISTON PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1931-34 |
Nature: | Extension (effectively new school, incorporating existing one). Contract placed with Thomas McKee & Sons, Imperial Dr, Belfast (£18,185), Oct 1932. Opened Sep 1934. Also caretaker's house.. |
Refs: | Architect & Building News 127, 28 Aug 1931, 254; 128, 11 Dec 1931, 331; 132, 14 Oct 1932, 57; IB 73, 29 Aug 1931, 763; 74, 30 Jan 1932, 114; 76, 3 Nov 1934, 933-4(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SEAVIEW PARADE, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1931-34 |
Nature: | New school and caretaker's house. Builder: J. & R.W. Taggart. |
Refs: | Architect & Building News 127, 18 Sep 1931, 336; IB 74, 30 Jul 1932, 696; 76, 19 May 1934, 417 |
Building: | CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, ?, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1931a |
Nature: | New school opened by Marquess of Londonderry.. |
Refs: | IB 73, 28 Feb 1931, 169 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, STRANDBURN STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Additions. Plans passed for same by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 74, 2 Jul 1932, 614 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SILVIO STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 81, 14 Oct 1939, 870 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AUGHRIM STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Addition. |
Refs: | IB 74, 2 Jul 1932, 614 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AUGHRIM STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Additions. Plans passed for same by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 74, 2 Jul 1932, 614 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LANCASTER STREET, LADIES' INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts. |
Refs: | IB 74, 30 Jul 1932, 696; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 75 (no. 169) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CONLIG STREET, HEMSWORTH SQUARE SCHOOL |
Date: | 1932a |
Nature: | New school to accommodate 600 pupils. 11 classrooms. Lagan Vale bricks. Built round open quadrangle in 'Italian piazza' style. Builder: J. Carson & Sons, Dunowen Gdns, Belfast. |
Refs: | IB 74, 26 Mar 1932, 284-6(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTH HOWARD STREET, ARGYLE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Plans passed by City Surveyor for new school and house in Aberdeen Street and North Howard St, for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 75, 18 Nov 1933, 998; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CAVEHILL ROAD, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Plans for adds. passed by Corporation. |
Refs: | IB 75, 4 Nov 1933, 953 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BLYTHE STREET (& MATILDA STREET), SCHOOL |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Plans passed by corporation. |
Refs: | IB 75, 4 Nov 1933, 953 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BLENHEIM STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Additions. |
Refs: | IB 75, 22 Apr 1933, 342 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COSGRAVE STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Additions. |
Refs: | IB 75, 22 Apr 1933, 342 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AVONIEL ROAD, AVONIEL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1933-1935 |
Nature: | New school. Panel over entrance door by George McCann. Builder: William Logan & Sons, Parken St. |
Refs: | IB 75, 8 Apr 1933, 292; 77, 5 Oct 1935, 917-8(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 84 (no.196),85(illus.); David Evans, An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture (UAHS, 1977), 3(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, UNIVERSITY STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1934 |
Nature: | Lavatories. |
Refs: | IB 76, 17 Nov 1934, 1002 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SPRINGFIELD ROAD, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1934 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts. |
Refs: | IB 76, 16 Jun 1934, 517 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, TENNENT STREET, EDENBROOKE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1934-1935 |
Nature: | New school and caretaker's house, for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 77, 26 Jan 1935, 73; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RADNOR STREET, NETTLEFIELD PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1934-1936 |
Nature: | New school and dwelling house. Builder: J. & R.W. Taggart. |
Refs: | IB 76, 16 Jun 1934, 417; 78, 17 Oct 1936, 923-4(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 84 (no. 197),85(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL PASS, MCQUISTON SCHOOL |
Date: | 1934-1936 |
Nature: | Enlargement. General Contractor: Thomas McKee & Sons, Imperial Dr, Belfast. (Later Belfast School of Music) |
Refs: | IB 76, 16 Jun 1934, 517; 78, 27 Jun,17 Oct 1936, 551, 923-4 (illus.); David Evans, An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture (UAHS, 1977), 4(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BRYSON STREET (& BEECHFIELD STREET), SCHOOL |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | New school? |
Refs: | IB 77, 19 Oct 1935, 962 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NUBIA STREET, ST SIMON'S PRIMARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | New lavatories. |
Refs: | IB 77, 6 apr 1935, 289 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU ROAD, ORMEAU PLAYING FIELDS |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | Boundary wall (also pavilion and house?). |
Refs: | IB 77, 19 Oct 1935, 962 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, EGMONT STREET, HOUSE |
Date: | 1936 |
Nature: | Houses in Egmont St, Banbridge (Banbury?) St and Redcliffe St for Belfast Education Committee (probably all school caretakers' houses).. |
Refs: | IB 78, 17 Oct 1936, 948 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTONVILLE ROAD, MODEL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1936 |
Nature: | New school and caretaker's house, for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 77, 10 Aug 1935, 715; 78, 22 Aug 1936, 757; 80, 15 Oct 1938, 864; 'Architecture Yesterday and Today', supplement to Irish Times, 21 Jun 1939, 38; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, UPPER MEADOW STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1936 |
Nature: | New lavatorie & fire escape stairs. |
Refs: | IB 78, 8 Aug,31 Oct 1936, 710,990 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLYGOMARTIN ROAD, FORTH RIVER PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1936-38 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts. Buioder: C. & W. McQuoid, Ltd, Beatrice St. |
Refs: | IB 78, 8 Aug 1936, 710; 80, 19 Mar 1938, 226 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, AGINCOURT AVENUE, BOTANIC SCHOOL |
Date: | 1936-39 |
Nature: | New school, completed Spring 1939. Builder: J. Moreland. |
Refs: | IB 78, 28 Nov 1936, 1089; 81, 13 May 1939, 387; RIBAJ 46 (1938-39), 967-970(illus.); AJ ?94, 2 Oct 1941, 229; Architectural Review 90 (1941), 141(illus.); R. McKinstry, ‘Contemporary Architecture’, in Michael Longley, ed., Causeway: the Arts in Ulster (Arts Council, 1971), 29; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 84 (no. 198),85(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DURHAM STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1937 |
Nature: | Addition. |
Refs: | IB 79, 10 Jul 1937, 630 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, PARK ROAD, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1937 |
Nature: | Additions. |
Refs: | IB 79, 6 Feb 1937, 126 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTH QUEEN STREET, GROVE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1937-39 |
Nature: | New school for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. Builder: William Logan & Sons. |
Refs: | IB 81, 2 Sep 1939, 744; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, UTILITY STREET, ARELLIAN NURSERY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | To be extended. |
Refs: | Specification, Jun 1938, and drawing by RSW, 1939, in PRONI, D3020/5/1 and D3020/6/5 (see PRONI e-catalogue); IB 80, 19 Feb,3 Sep 1938, 154,753. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, PAULETT AVENUE, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts. |
Refs: | IB 80, 15 Oct 1938, 874 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CHERRYVILLE STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 80, 15 Oct 1938, 874 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLDPARK ROAD, NO. 629-633 (CARR'S GLEN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | New school for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 80, 19 Mar 1938, 241; AJ 98, 23 Sep 1943, 222(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, EDENDERRY NURSERY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1938-1940 |
Nature: | New school.. |
Refs: | IB 80, 25 Jun 1938, 542; 81, 8 Jul 1939, 593; 82, 16 Mar,27 Apr 1940, 178,280; is this the nursery school reviewed in AJ 102, 11 Oct 1945, 265(illus.)? |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MARINA PARK, ORANGEFIELD PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1938-1940 |
Nature: | New school on E-shaped plan in former demesne of Orangefield House. For Belfast Corporation Education Committee. Builder: T. & J. Whiteside, Dundela Cresc, Belfast. |
Refs: | IB 80, 3 Sep 1938, 753; 82, 23 Nov 1940, 700; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTH HOWARD STREET, CHARTERS MEMORIAL INFANTS' SCHOOL |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | New school for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | IB 81, 18 Mar 1939, 238 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALLIANCE ROAD, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | New school and caretaker's house. |
Refs: | IB 81, 5 Aug 1939, 678 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTH HOWARD STREET, CHARTERS MEMORIAL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | New school for Belfast Corporation Education Committee. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 85. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SOUTHLAND STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1940 |
Nature: | Alts. to lavatories. |
Refs: | IB 82, 22 Jun 1940, 418 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WEST CIRCULAR ROAD, BALLYGOMARTIN HOUSING SCHEME |
Date: | 1946ca |
Nature: | Housing scheme between West Circular Road, Ballygomartin Road and Springfield Road. |
Refs: |
AJ ?, 14 Feb 1946, 143(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SUMMERHILL AVENUE, HOUSES (096) |
Date: | 1947ca |
Nature: | Housing scheme of 96 houses for Belfast Corporation. |
Refs: | IB 89, 4 Oct 1947, 734 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HOLYWOOD ROAD, ASHFIELD HOUSING SCHEME |
Date: | 1947ca |
Nature: | Housing scheme of 134 houses for Belfast Corporation. |
Refs: | IB 89, 4 Oct 1947, 734 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BARNETT'S ROAD, HOUSES (028) |
Date: | 1947ca |
Nature: | Housing scheme of 28 houses for Belfast Corporation. |
Refs: | IB 89, 4 Oct 1947, 734 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, EDENVALE HOUSING ESTATE |
Date: | 1951a |
Nature: | Housing scheme of 69 2- and 3-bedroomed houses, for Belfast Corporation. RSW assisted by T. Bell. RSW receives NI Ministry of Health's Housing Medal for same. Contractors: Mackie & Co., Dundonald for 2-bedroomed houses (£1,119 each); Hammond & Waddell, Belfast, for 3-bedroomed houses (£1,358 each) |
Refs: | IB 93, 26 May,18 Aug,15 Sep 1951, 556,850-852(illus.),948 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE SQUARE EAST, ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION |
Date: | 1953 |
Nature: | Proposal for adds. exh. Royal Academy, 1953. |
Refs: | RA 1953, no. 1109 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SERPENTINE ROAD, NO. 041-83 (BALLYGOLAN PRIMARY SCHOOL) |
Date: | 1955 |
Nature: | New school by RSW and D.A. Shanks recently opened. Traditional style. Plans drawn up in 1946 but shelved for a few years, therefore 'more spacious and luxurious than it would have been if it had been designed during the last few years'. Builder: J.M. Reilly, Ltd. |
Refs: | IB 97, 15 Jan 1955, 65 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MAY STREET, NO. 017-29 (KING GEORGE VI MEMORIAL CENTRE) |
Date: | 1957-58 |
Nature: | Large hall. |
Refs: | IB 99, 23 Feb 1957, 143; 100, 1 Nov 1958, 84 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BELMONT ROAD, CAMPBELL COLLEGE |
Date: | 1958 |
Nature: | New science labs. opened. Cost £40,000. Contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey. |
Refs: | IB 100, 15 Nov 1958, 843 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLYGOMARTIN ROAD, BALLYGOMARTIN SECONDARY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS |
Date: | 1958a |
Nature: | New school for 950 pupils costing £250,000, officially opened.. Designed by RSW and his successor D.A. Shanks. Builder: J. McCreedy, Ltd. |
Refs: | IB 100, 5 Apr 1958, 239 |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Anon. | 'Functionalism in Continental architecture: a chat with Mr Wilshere, FRIBA' | 1936 | IB 78, 21 Mar 1936, 227. |
Wilshere, Reginald Sharman | ''By-laws and regulation' | 1934 | IB 76, 27 Jan 1934, 49. (Summary(?) of paper read at joint meeting of NI branch of Surveyors' Institution and Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Insitutute; there is also a brief summary in Belfast Newsletter, 22 Jan 1934 |
Wilshere, Reginald Sharman | 'The devlopment of the modern school plan' | 1934 | Irish Architect and Builder 1 (no. 1, Apr 1934), 8-9. |
Wilshere, Reginald Sharman | 'Architecture in daily life' | 1936 | IB 78, 14 Nov 1936, 1022. (Paper read to RSUA.) |
Wilshere, Reginald Sharman | 'Modern architecture and the public elementary school' | 1938 | IB 80, 5,19 Mar 1938, 180,229. (Paper read to AAI.) |