Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODSTOCK ROAD, NO. 263, WILLOWFIELD PARISH CHURCH (CI)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: LANYON, JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODSTOCK ROAD, NO. 263, WILLOWFIELD PARISH CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1871-72
Nature: New High Victorian Gothic brick church on site presented by William Mullan. By John Lanyon. FS laid Nov 1871. Consecrated 6 Aug 1872. Last church (7th) to be built for the Belfast Church Extension and Endowment Society.
Refs: Unsigned, undated drawing(s) in RCB Library, portfolio 11; IB 13, 1 Dec 1871, 312;  rish Ecclesiastical Gazette 13, no. 150, 22 Nov 1871, 234;   Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 42 (no. 86, illus.);  Fred Rankin, ed., Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 89(illus.);  Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 189(illus.).

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODSTOCK ROAD, NO. 263, WILLOWFIELD PARISH CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1883
Nature: Stained glass window erected by fellow officers in memory of Captain James Lewis, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Refs: Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 25, no. 170, 7 Apr 1883, 286.

Name: FENNELL, WILLIAM JOHN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODSTOCK ROAD, NO. 263, WILLOWFIELD PARISH CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1900-01
Nature: Extension of nave and addition of porch. Tenders invited Mar 1901. Re-opened after alts. Oct 1901. Builder: John Keith, Glenravel St..
Refs: B 80, 9 Mar 1901, 250 (advt. for tenders); IB 43, 24 Oct 1901, 916; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 42 (no. 86, illus.)

Name: LYNN, ROBERT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODSTOCK ROAD, NO. 263, WILLOWFIELD PARISH CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1925-26
Nature: Spire in memory of late Canon Charles Harding, rector of Willowfield. Built by Redpath, Brown & Co., Belfast & Glasgow. (removed in 1951). Memorial tablet also designed by RL.
Refs: IB 67, 22 Aug 1925, 694; Clergy of Down and Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), Part 1, 89

Name: WAILES, WILLIAM *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODSTOCK ROAD, NO. 263, WILLOWFIELD PARISH CHURCH (CI)
Date: ?
Nature: 'quaint and novel' stained glass.
Refs: C.E.B. Brett architect files, citing 'McNeice'