Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, NO. 013-21 (MASONIC HALL)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, NO. 013-21 (MASONIC HALL)
Date: 1868-70
Nature: New masonic hall in 'Early French style', 4 storeys with shops on ground floor. Stone faced to 1st-fl windows; remainder brick with sandstone dressings. FS laid by Charles Lanyon, Grand Master, 24 Jun 1868. Builder: Thomas McKeown. Cost: £8,000. Brett says attributed to Charles Lanyon himself.
Refs: B 26, 4 Jul 1868, 493; DB 8, 15 May 1866, 133; IB 9, 1 Dec 1867, 316; 10, 1 Jul 1868, 144,159; 11, 1 Jan 1869, 6; .E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 54; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical Gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 16(illus.),18

Name: FENNELL, WILLIAM JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, NO. 013-21 (MASONIC HALL)
Date: 1911
Nature: New sanitary annexes.
Refs: IB 53, 19 Aug 1911, 561