Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL

Name: LANYON, LYNN & LANYON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL
Date: 1871
Nature: To open on 25 Sep 1871; 'being erected from plans by the late Mr Charles Sherry, which Messrs. Lanyon, Lynn, & Lanyon are energetically carrying out with the assistance of Mr S.P. Close'. Contractor: Thomas McKeown.
Refs: IB 13, 15 Sep 1871, 245

Name: FITZPATRICK BROS. *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL
Date: 1871
Nature: Carved portrait medallions of actors & actresses on facade.
Refs: IB 13, 15 Oct 1871, 262

Name: CLOSE, SAMUEL PATRICK
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL
Date: 1871
Nature: SPC assisted Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon in building Charles Sherry's design
Refs: IB 13, 15 Sep 1871, 245; Angela E. McGuinness, 'Samuel Patrick Close: Architect' (unpublished master's thesis, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), 25.

Name: GOODMAN, THOMAS *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL
Date: 1871
Nature: Painted Sheakespearean scenes in theatre.
Refs: IB 13, 15 Oct 1871, 263

Name: SHERRY, CHARLES ACTON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL
Date: 1871
Nature: To open on 25 Sep 1871; 'being erected from plans by the late Mr Charles Sherry, which Messrs. Lanyon, Lynn, & Lanyon are energetically carrying out with the assistance of Mr S.P. Close'. Contractor: Thomas McKeown. Cost: £13,000.
Refs: IB 13, 15 Sep,15 Oct 1871, 245,263; B 29, 30 Sep 1871, 769

Name: STEVEN, ALEXANDER *
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL
Date: 1871a
Nature: Carving by 'Stevens'.
Refs: IB 13, 15 Oct 1871, 262

Name: PHIPPS, CHARLES JOHN #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR SQUARE, THEATRE ROYAL
Date: 1881
Nature: Refurbishment after destruction by fire on 8 Jun 1881, for J.F. Warden. Reopened Dec 1881.
Refs: B 40, 25 Jun 1881, 809; 72, 29 May 1897, 488; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993),19