Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

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

Name: DEANE, THOMAS NEWENHAM, & SON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE, MCARTHUR HALL
Date: 1887-1891
Nature: Winners of open competition in 1887.  Tenders invited for erecting same, Jun 1888.  Builder: Robert Corry. Cost:£14,451. Designed by T.M. Deane (O'Dwyer). Built by Sir William McArthur, ex Lord Mayor of London.
Refs: PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/5; B 52, 4 Jun 1887, 850;  Irish Times, 23 Jun 1888;   Architect 39, 29 Jun 1888, suppl.p.1; IB 34, 1 Dec 1892, 249,250(illus.); 43, 27 Feb 1901, 641(illus.),643; 53, 2,16 Sep 1911, 588(illus.),602(illus.),613; 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), 51 (no. 115, illus.); Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (Cork University Press, 1997), 392

Name: CORRY, ROBERT *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE, MCARTHUR HALL
Date: 1887-91
Nature: Built by RC to designs by T.N. Deane & Son.
Refs: Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 51, no. 115(illus.)

Name: CAMBI, CARLO *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COLLEGE GARDENS, METHODIST COLLEGE, MCARTHUR HALL
Date: 1891a
Nature: Carved wooden fireplace surrounds in dining hall. (Architect: T.N. Deane & Son)
Refs: Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 51 (no.115)