Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTONVILLE ROAD, OLDPARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Name: YOUNG & MACKENZIE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTONVILLE ROAD, OLDPARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1903-04
Nature: New church in 'commanding position at the head of Cliftonville road'. Tudor style. Red brick with red sandstone dressings. Square tower with heavy buttresses, brick spire above. Memorial stones laid 29 Jan 1904. Opened 29 Oct 1904. Contractor: W.J. Campbell & Son. (Demolished, 2008.)
Refs: IB 45, 13 Aug 1903, 1916; 46, 12 Mar,19 Nov 1904, 158,772; B 86, 5 Mar 1904, 260;  Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 145(illus);  Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 154(illus.),284(illus.).


Name: HUNTER, JAMES [2]
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTONVILLE ROAD, OLDPARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1925
Nature: Boundary wall and railings.
Refs: IB 67, 8 Aug 1925, 649