Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 062-68 (NATIONAL BANK)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: BATT, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 062-68 (NATIONAL BANK)
Date: 1893-1897
Nature: New bank & manager's residence. WB's design selected in competition. Contractor: J. &. H. Martin, Belfast.
Refs: IB 35, 11 Oct 1893, 228; 36, 1 Jun 1894, 129; 37, 1 May,15 Nov 1895, 112,263; 39, 1 Feb 1897, 24-29(illus.); Architect 53, 4 Jan 1894, suppl. p.3; B 72, 3 Apr 1897, 324; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 57; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 191,195(illus.)

Name: GEOGHEGAN, CHARLES
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 062-68 (NATIONAL BANK)
Date: 1895ca?
Nature: Lantern over back of cash office.
Refs: Design in IAA, Charles Geoghegan drawings, 80/32 I.3; MS list of plans in office of CG, 2 Oct 1896, in posession of Joe macEochagáin, 2006 (photocopy in IAA, RP.B.48 (1-3))

Name: WINTER, JOSEPH (OR JAMES) EDGAR *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 062-68 (NATIONAL BANK)
Date: 1897a
Nature: Carved teak ornament, 'executed in an artistic and spirited manner' (IB). 'Of James Edgar Winter's reputedly fine carved oak doors there now remains no trace'.(Larmour). Architect: William Batt.
Refs: IB 39, 1 Feb 1897, 29; 46, 27 Feb 1904, 106; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 57 (no. 131)

Name: BRENNAN, JOHN VALENTINE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 062-68 (NATIONAL BANK)
Date: 1922
Nature: Alterations & extension
Refs: IB 64, 11 Mar,6 May 1922, 146,318

Name: FULLER & JERMYN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, NO. 062-68 (NATIONAL BANK)
Date: 1939
Nature: Alts. & adds. Contractor: H. & J.Martin.
Refs: IAA, PKS 9259; IB 81, 18 Feb 1939, 153