Architectural partnership of Derry and Belfast formed between JOHN BOYD JOHN BOYD and WILLIAM BATT WILLIAM BATT circa 1862. The practice is described as of Londonderry and Belfast in 1862 and 1863. By 1869 it was based in Donegall Square, Belfast. It was dissolved in 1871. Pupils and assistants in the office included TIMOTHY HEVEY TIMOTHY HEVEY . See also GEORGE A. BOYD. GEORGE A. BOYD.
See WORKS.
References
DB 4, 1 Oct 1862, 254; 5, 15 May 1863, 81.
Northern Star & Ulster Observer, 28 Mar 1871, 2, cited by Sean O'Reilly, 'Timothy Hevey (1846-1878): an episode in Irish High Victorian architecture', PhD thesis, submitted to the National University of Ireland, June 1994, 25.
31 work entries listed in chronological order for BOYD & BATT
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CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, CASTLE STREET, COUNTY GAOL |
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1861-62 |
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Improvements to male portion. Tenders invited, Apr 1861. Contractor: Francis McGaughey.
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Armagh Guardian, 19 Apr 1861; DB 4, 1 Jun,1 Oct 1862, 142,254
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CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, EDENFEL |
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1862 |
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House, for Capt. Lewis Mansergh Buchanan; 'a large multi-gabled and aggressively picturesqe villa with decorative bargeboards, hip knob, and ornamental chimneys' (Rowan). Contractor: Mullen, Omagh. |
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DB 4, 1 Oct 1862, 254; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 449
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CO. TYRONE, SESKINORE HOUSE |
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1862 |
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Extensive additions for George Perry McClintock. Contractor: Matthew McClelland. (House demolished.)
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DB 4, 15 Mar,1 Oct 1862, 72,254
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CO. CORK, CORK, COMMONS ROAD (MILLFIELD), CORK SPINNING & WEAVING CO. |
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1864 |
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New flax mill for Cork Spinning & Weaving Co.erected at cost of £1,500. Cost to rise as expansion takes place. Contractor: Richard Evans.(Now Sunbeam Factory.) |
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B 22, 22 Oct 1864, 781; Colin Rynne, The Industrial Archaeology of Cork City and its Environs (1999),98-99,100(illus.)
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CO. ARMAGH, ASHFORT HOUSE |
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1865 |
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Improvements & additions 'to be carried out soon in a free and ornamental adaptation of the Italian style'. New porch, front windows, cut stone window dressings &c. |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KNOCK, HOUSES (002) |
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1865 |
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2 new villas at Knock Station on Co. Down Railway, one with a small tower. Contractor: Croft, Belfast. |
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DB 7, 15 Oct 1865, 249
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CO. DOWN, NEWTOWNARDS, WEST STREET, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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1865-1867 |
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New church in Early Pointed Gothic style, with 130 ft tower & spire. To seat 550. Site granted and cost borne by Thomas Strain, Esq. FS laid 6 Mar 1866 by J. Brownlow; opened May 1867. Contractor: John Hanna, Newtownards. |
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DB 7, 1 Nov 1865, 263; 8, 15 Mar 1866, 77; IB 9, 1 Jun 1867, 140
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CO. ANTRIM, ANTRIM, CHURCH STREET, METHODIST CHURCH |
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1866-1867 |
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New church replacing chapel of 1806. Gothic. Internal dimensions 50' x 24'. Brick with coloured bricks interspersed. |
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DB 8, 1 Jun,1 Jul 1866, 147,173; W.D. Girvan, R. Oram, A. Rowan, Historic Buildings…in Antrim & Ballymena (UAHS, 1969), 6 (no. 6)
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CO. DERRY, MAGHERAFELT, UNION ROAD, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH |
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1866-67 |
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New church on site granted by Salters' Company. Begun Spring 1866. Contractor: George R. Tipping. |
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DB 7, 1 Nov 1865, 263; 8, 15 Apr 1866, 106; IB 9, 1 Oct 1867, 263; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 413; obituary from unidentified Belfast newspaper, 16 Jul 1919, in newspaper cuttings album from RIAI, now in IAA, Acc. 80/51, p.31
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 002 (SCOTTISH WIDOWS' LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE) |
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1867-1868 |
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New office in Renaissance style. (Demolished 1961.) |
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IB 9, 1 Nov 1867, 287; 10, 1 Nov 1868, 273; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 189
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CO. DOWN, HOLYWOOD, TUDOR HOUSE |
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1868 |
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Restoration after fire, for George Murney, nearly complet in Nov 1868, |
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IB 10, 1 Nov 1868, 273
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CO. ARMAGH, PORTADOWN, ARMAGH ROAD, PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (2ND) |
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1868-1869 |
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Small Gothic church. FS laid 8 Sep 1868 by Duke of Manchester. Opened Mar or Apr 1869. Contractor: John Collen, Portadown. To cost £1,000. |
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IB 10, 15 Sep 1868, 233; 11, 15 Mar 1869, 71; B 27, 3 Apr 1869, 273; Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 505.
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CO. LOUTH, ARDEE, TOWN HALL |
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1869 |
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Competition entrants, who won £20 first prize. Project not carried out. |
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P.J. Geraghty, 'Urban improvement and the erection of municipal buildings in County Louth during the eithteenth and nineteenth centuries', County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal 23, no. 3 (1995), 300.
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GREAT VICTORIA STREET, WAREHOUSE |
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1869 |
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New warehouse nearly opposite Ulster Railway Station nearing completion, Feb 1869. 3 storeys, with attic floor in mansard roof lighted by lofty dormers. Front faced with Allan & Mann's white brick. Cost: £3,000. Contractor: James McCracken & Son. |
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B 27, 27 Feb 1869, 171; IB 11, 15 Mar 1869, 71
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CO. ANTRIM, DONEGORE, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (CI) |
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1871 |
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Addition of chancel, W. tower & spire & adjoining robing room (to church of 1659?) (East window, 1875).
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Signed, undated drawings in RCB Library, portfolio 7 (repr. in on-line catalogue www.archdrawing.ireland.anglican.org); Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 229(ILLUS.).
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