Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC)
Name: | MCAULEY, JEREMIAH RYAN (REV.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC) |
Date: | 1860-1866 |
Nature: | New church on site given by Bernard Hughes. Style Continental Gothic of 13th cent. Builder for main body of church: John Ross. Builder for interior: (John)Murphy & Connor. (Completed by John O'Neill, with spires by Mortimer Thompson. ) Consecrated 14 Oct 1866 by Rev. Dr Dorrian.. |
Refs: | B 18, ? ? 1860, 542; 24, 6 Oct 1866, 745; DB 2, 1 Sep 1860, 330; 8, 1,15 Oct 1866, 243,253; 9, 15 Jan 1867, 18(illus.); ? Rogers, St Peter's Pro-Cathedral 1866-1966; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 43-44; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23, no. 41(illus.); |
Name: | O'NEILL, JOHN |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC) |
Date: | 1860-1866;1885 |
Nature: | Supervised by J.O'N after departure of Jeremiah McAuley in 1862. Builder for main body of church: John Ross. Builder for interior: Murphy & Connor. Consecrated 14 Oct 1866. Cost of church & presbytery, £28,000. (Spires erected under supervision of Mortimer Thompson, 1885.) |
Refs: | DB 8, 15 Oct 1866, 253; 9, 15 Jan 1867, 18(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 43-44; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23, no. 41(illus.); J.J. Tracey, 'A dissertation on the buildings of John O'Neill and O'Neill and Byrne, architects, 1862-1883', unpublished thesis presented as part of Master of Architecture degree course, Queen's University, Belfast, 1987, 24-25,125-126,ill.19,fig.1 |
Name: | THOMSON, MORTIMER H. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC) |
Date: | 1886 |
Nature: | Addition of spires at cost of £500.. Contractor: Henry Fulton, Belfast. |
Refs: | ? Rogers, St Peter's Pro-Cathedral 1866-1966; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 44; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23 (no. 41, illus.) |
Name: | GREGORY, PATRICK (PADRAIG) BERNARD |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DERBY STREET, ST PETER'S PRO-CATHEDRAL (RC) |
Date: | 1946 |
Nature: | Enlargement of north and south porches to make side chapels, high altar & baldacchino. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 23 (no. 41) |