Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM

Name: JOHNSTON, FRANCIS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1826-29
Nature: New '2nd class' asylum, for 100 patients. With William Murray. Same as Derry Lunatic Asylum. Opened 1 May 1829. Contractor: James Boyer.
Refs: Drawings, dated 1826-1828, in IAA, Murray Collection, nos. 106-118 (see Murray Collection catalogue, pp. 69-72); 4th Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1836), 7; APSD V, L, 153; C.E.B. Brett, The Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 22, pl.13

Name: MURRAY, WILLIAM [1]
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1826;1834-35
Nature: New '2nd class' asylum for 100 patients, with Francis Johnston, 1826; later adds. by WM, 1834-35. (Demolished 1924)
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Murray Collection, 92/46, nos. 106-120 (see Bernadette Goslin, 'A History and descriptive catalogue of the Murray Collection of architectural drawings' (MA thesis, University College, Dublin, 1990), 69-72; design exh. RHA 1831, no. 263; Jill Lever, ed., Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects L-N (1973), 101

Name: BELL, JAMES [2]
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1850-4
Nature: Resident engineer & clerk of works to Charles Lanyon
Refs: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol 79 (1884-5), Pt. 1, 361

Name: LANYON, CHARLES (SIR)
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1852-53
Nature: Extension of frontage to east and west to provide additional patient accommodation, laundry, kitchen, increased accommodation for resident physician. Builder: Doolin.
Refs: Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 14, 19 Jul 1851, 306; B 10, 21 Feb 1852, 123; 11, 1 Jan 1853, 8; 14, 9 Feb 1856, 74; 24th Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1855), 26

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1876ca
Nature: Installation of hydrants, 2 day rooms and dormitory enlarged at focst of £1,600.
Refs: IB 19, 1 Feb 1877, 43 (citing 25th Report of District, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1887
Nature: Adds. to be built shortly.
Refs: IB 29, 15 Jul 1887, 206

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1892
Nature: New hospital to be erected.
Refs: IB 34, 1 Oct 1892, 211

Name: JACKSON, ANTHONY THOMAS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1895
Nature: Important alts & adds. by 'Jackson & Tilley'.
Refs: IB 37, 15 May 1895, 131; 46th Report on…Lunatic Asylums (1897), 18