Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL

Name: MCDONNELL, JAMES DESMOND ##
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1855
Nature: Statue of Earl of Belfast, erected first in College Sq, then in Public Library, before being moved to City Hall.
Refs: Exh, RA 1856 (no. 1231); W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), II, 61; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 57

Name: HARE, HENRY THOMAS #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1896
Nature: Competition entrant. Exhibits design at RA, 1897.
Refs: Architectural Review 1 (1896-7), 319 (not listed by Graves).

Name: MILLER, JAMES [2]#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1896
Nature: Competition entrant, on initial shortlist of 3.
Refs: B 71, 5 Dec 1896, 470; plan(s) in Academy Architecture I (1898), 82 (copy in National Monuments Record of Scotland)

Name: ROWNTREE, FRED #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1896
Nature: Competition entrant, placed first on initial shortlist of 3. Of Stark & Rowntree, Glasgow..
Refs: B 71, 5 Dec 1896, 470

Name: FENNELL, WILLIAM JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1896
Nature: Competition entrant.
Refs: Design exh. RHA 1904, no. 298; IB 46, 26 Mar 1904, 182

Name: WATT (GRAEME) & TULLOCH
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1896
Nature: Watt & Tulloch placed second in first competition but declined to take part in final competition.
Refs: IB 38, 1 Dec 1896, 243; Building News 71, 11,18 Dec 1896, 843,897; 73, 23 Jul 1897, 113(illus.)

Name: WATERHOUSE, ALFRED #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1896
Nature: AW and J.C. Bretland assessors of competition for designing same.
Refs: Irish Times, 7 Jul 1896; IB 38, 15 Jul 1896, 149; Building News 71, 6 Nov 1896, 683

Name: GAMBLE, JAMES GARDNER
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1896-1906
Nature: JGG clerk of works.
Refs: IB 98, 14 Jan 1956, 27

Name: THOMAS, ALFRED BRUMWELL (SIR) #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1897-1906
Nature: ABT winner of competition. FS laid, 18 Oct 1898. Building 'near completion, Oct 1905. Opened by Lord Leiutenant (Earl of Aberdeen) 1 Aug 1906. Builder: H. & J. Martin, Belfast.. Stained glass by (1)Campbell, (2)Ward & Partners; (3)Clokey, all of Belfast. Oak fittings by Goodall, Lamb, and Heighway, of Manchester. Carving: Winter & Thompson.
Refs: PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/24; RA 1907, no. 1512; IB 38, 15 Jul,15 Aug,1 Oct,1,15 Dec 1896, 149,173,203,243,255; 39, 1 Dec 1897, 229; 42, 1 Jan 1900, 227(illus.); 43, 10 Oct,7 Nov 1901, 888,896(illus.),928; 44, 30 Jan 1902, 1020; 45, 2 Jul 1903, 1854; 46, 27 Feb 1904, 106; 47, 14 Jan,21 Oct 1905, 6,746; 48, 28 Jul,11 Aug,8,22 Sep 1906, 585,642,657(illus.),724,728(illus.),753(illus.),764(illus.),784(illus.); 68, 23 Jan 1926, 46; 98, 11 Aug 1956, 724; Building News70, 20 May 1896, 805; 71, 4,11 Dec 1896, 805-6, ?; 73, 9 Jul 1897, 46 (illus. in supplement); 86, 19 Feb 1904, 262-3; 90, 5 Jan 1906, 53; 91, 10 Aug 1906, 174-176(illus.); 92, 21 Jun 1907, 875; 94, 3 Jan 1908, 8-10(illus.);  Irish Times, 21 Sep 1898,2 Aug 1906,4 Apr 1907;  B 91, 18 Aug 1906, 233-5,248 (illus.); Architectural Review 20, ? ? 1906, 188; Architect's Journal 24, ? ? 1906, 316,342(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 65-67; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 60-61 (no. 239, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 110-114;  Paul Larmour, Belfast City Hall: an architectural history (UAHS, 2010).

Name: POMEROY, FREDERICK WILLIAM *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1904ca
Nature: Designed and executed carving in pediment (with J. Edgar Winter); also bronze statues on monument to Marquess of Dufferin, 1904c, and statues of Sir James Haslett and Sir Robert McMordie, all in grounds.
Refs: IB 48, ? ? 1906, 657; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 66-67.

Name: ARNOLD, HUGH *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1905
Nature: Design for stained glass window
Refs: RA Exhibition Catalogue 1905, No. 1504

Name: BEWSEY, JOHN C. * #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1906
Nature: Designs for dome window, principal stair lunette, central window
Refs: RA 1906, no. 1443,1508,1536.

Name: WINTER, JOSEPH (OR JAMES) EDGAR *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1906a
Nature: Carving in pediment of entrance front. Executed with F.W. Pomeroy, who was responsible for the design.
Refs: IB 46, 27 Feb 1904, 106; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 66; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 60 (no. 139)

Name: CAMPBELL BROS. *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1907a
Nature: Stained glass.
Refs: IB 49, 23 Feb 1907, 129(illus.)

Name: GIBSON, ROBERT HANNA
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1941-42
Nature: Renovations, construction of temporary roof after air raid damage. With J.H. Stevenson. Contractor: James Moreland, Powerscourt St.
Refs: IB 83, 21 Jun,22 Nov 1941, 309,538; 84, 1 Aug 1942, 280

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Date: 1953
Nature: Reconstruction of great hall destroyed by fire in air raid, 1941, at cost of £50,000.
Refs: IB 95, 24 Oct 1953, 1097