Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 092-100 (BANK OF IRELAND)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: MCDONNELL & DIXON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 092-100 (BANK OF IRELAND)
Date: 1928-30
Nature: New Art Deco branch office on corner site. 4 storeys over basement. Portland stone.. Designed by J.V. Downes. Builder: J. & R. Thompson.
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Bank of Ireland drawings collection (Acc. 2006/65); drawing exh. RHA 1929, no. 379; IB 66, 14 Jun,26 Jul 1924, 534,657; 70, 9 Jun 1928, 504; 72, 1 Mar,26 Apr,21 Jun 1930, 184,366,563; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 83 (no. 190, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 289;  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009),22,23(illus.).

Name: DOWNES, JOSEPH VINCENT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 092-100 (BANK OF IRELAND)
Date: 1928-30
Nature: Art Deco. By JVD of McDonnell, Dixon & Downes. Builder: J. & R. Thompson.
Refs: Drawing(s) in Bank of Ireland archive; drawing exh. RHA 1929, no. 379; IB 66, 14 Jun,26 Jul 1924, 534,657; 70, 9 Jun 1928, 504; 72, 1 Mar,26 Apr,21 Jun 1930, 184,366,563; 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1050; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 83 (no. 190, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 289

Name: TULLOCH & FITZSIMONS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 092-100 (BANK OF IRELAND)
Date: ?
Nature: Designs for same.
Refs: Undated drawings in IAA, Bank of Ireland drawings collection, Acc. 2006/65.