Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Sculptor and illustrator, of Belfast, for whom see Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (2nd edition, 2002).  For St Anne's cathedral, Belfast, Rosamond Praeger designed and executed the childrens' heads at the ends of the upper and lower string courses in the baptistery, completed in 1928.(1)

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(1) John Frederick MacNeice, The Church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), 89.


5 work entries listed in chronological order for PRAEGER, ROSAMOND *


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Building: CO. DOWN, COMBER, THOMAS ANDREWS JUNIOR MEMORIAL HALL
Date: 1914a
Nature: Carvings on front elevation.
Refs: Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 131(illus.).

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTONVILLE ROAD, NO. 005-017 (BELFAST ROYAL ACADEMY)
Date: 1921
Nature: Carved figures of Faith and Fortitude on war memorial designed by Young & Mackenzie.
Refs: Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 360(illus.).

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, ST ANNE'S CATHEDRAL (CI)
Date: 1928a
Nature: Design and execution of childrens' heads at ends of upper and lower string courses in baptistery.
Refs: John Frederick MacNeice, The Church of Ireland in Belfast (Belfast, 1931), 89.

Building: CO. ANTRIM, JORDANSTOWN, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date: 1933
Nature: Carving of St Patrick as a shepherd boy in porch.
Refs: C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of County Antrim (UAHS, 1996), 68.


Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GROSVENOR ROAD, ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL
Date: 1933
Nature: Carved relief (Maternity) in porch of maternity hospital.
Refs: Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 232(illus.).