Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROSEMARY STREET, 3RD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Name: MILLAR, JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROSEMARY STREET, 3RD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1829-1831
Nature: Original design by JM, but after failure of original contractor, built by JM to designs by Duff & Jackson for £3,000. Portico, described by Lewis as a 'stately Grecian-Doric portico of ten lofty columns resting
on a basement of twenty steps, and surmounted by a beautiful attic balustrade, composed of a series of
pedestals and light pierced work, having a novel and  pleasing effect', designed and executed by JM . (Demolished and replaced by Masonic Hall, 1950.)
Refs: Perspective view exh. Belfast Association of Artists, 1836, no. 64;  Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 198;   J.W. Kernohan, Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast (1923), ?; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 276; C.E.B. Brett, 'Brett on John Millar, Architect, of Belfast', Ulster Architect, Sep/Oct 1994, 4

Name: DUFF & JACKSON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROSEMARY STREET, 3RD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1829-1831
Nature: Modify and supervise erection of building originally designed by John Millar, who acted as contractor though absent in London. Portico only designed and supervised by Millar on his return..
Refs: Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 276; C.E.B. Brett, 'Brett on John Millar, Architect, of Belfast', Ulster Architect, Sep/Oct 1994, 4