Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE

Name: HILL, WILLIAM [2]#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1865
Nature: Competition entrant.
Refs: Design exh. Dublin International Exhibition of Art & Manufactures, 1865, no. 165; DB 7, 1 Feb,1 Jul,1 Aug 1865, 34(illus.),161,183

Name: LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1865
Nature: Competition entrants.
Refs: B 23, 14 Jan 1865, 27 DB 7, 1 Feb,1 Jul,1 Aug 1865, 34(illus.),161,183

Name: JONES, ALFRED GRESHAM
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1865
Nature: Competition entrant.
Refs: Design exh. Dublin International Exhibition of Art & Manufactures, 1865, no. 165;  photograph of unfinished perspective view of exterior in IAA, Acc. 2007/046.3;   DB 7, 1 Feb,1 Jul,1 Aug 1865, 34(illus.),161,183

Name: FOGERTY, WILLIAM
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1865-68
Nature: WF wins limited competition for new school for 200 pupils with additional collegiate department providing accommodation for students attending Queen's College. Left side for collegiate dept, right side for school with rooms used in common in centre.. FS laid 24 Aug 1865 by William McArthur, London. Opened 19 Aug 1868. Builder: James Henry, Belfast. Estimated cost £12,688. Final cost: £24,000. WF's fees subject of arbitration, Aug 1869.
Refs: RHA 1865, no. 458,462; DB 7, 15 Jan,1 May,1 Aug,1 Sep 1865, 26,111,183,194,208; IB 9, 15 Jan 1867, 21; 10, 15 Jan,1 Sep 1868, 21,217; 11, 1 Jan,15 Aug 1869, 9,189; B 23, 14 Jan,23 Sep 1865, 27,680-681; 24, 28 Apr 1866, 309-310; 26, 29 Aug 1868, 644; 27, 28 Aug 1869, 691; Building News 12, 28 Jul 1865, 530,533(illus.);  Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 29, 1 Jun 1866, 152;  Irish Times, 19 Aug 1869,9 Apr 1870;   A.J. Rowan & C.E.B. Brett, Queen's University (UAHS, revised edition 1975), 31,35(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 33 (no. 66, illus.)

Name: LANYON, JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1879
Nature: Gothic revival porter's lodge on College Gdns.
Refs: A.J. Rowan & C.E.B. Brett, Queen's University (UAHS, revised edition 1975), 5(illus.),31; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 33 (no. 66); J.A.K. Dean, The Gate Lodges of Ulster (UAHS, 1994), 22 (no. 255, illus.)

Name: PHILLIPS, J.J., & SON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1902
Nature: Buildings for technical department. Tenders received.
Refs: IB 44, 27 Feb 1902, 1060

Name: HOBART & HERON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1923
Nature: Workshops, motor garage and classrooms.
Refs: IB 65, 4 Jul,15 Dec 1923, 544,972; Eugene T. Corbett, 'The Architecture of Henry Hobart and Samuel Heron' (unpublished dissertation for the Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), p.66

Name: HOBART & HERON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1931
Nature: Lavatories in College Gdns., for Governors of Methodist College.
Refs: IB 73, 15 Aug 1931, 725

Name: SMYTH & COWSER
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1952;1956;1959
Nature: Adds. & alts.
Refs: IB 94, 15 Mar 1952, 282; 98, 16 Jun 1956, 565;101, 12 Dec 1959, 940

Name: SMYTH & COWSER
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1962-63
Nature: Science block & swimming pool.
Refs: IB 104, 9 Jun 1962, 453; 105, 26 Oct,9 Nov 1963, 840,890

Name: MCKNIGHT, GORDON KEMPSON ##
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE
Date: 1968
Nature: Chapel of Unity.
Refs: R. McKinstry, ‘Contemporary Architecture’, in Michael Longley, ed., Causeway: the Arts in Ulster (Arts Council, 1971), 31.