Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM AVENUE, NO. 094 (& BELMONT CHURCH ROAD), BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: BARRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM AVENUE, NO. 094 (& BELMONT CHURCH ROAD), BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1860-61
Nature: WJB winner of competition for new church (he was the only competitor). Gothic. Builder: Edward Armstrong. Church opened, 26 Jan 1862.
Refs: DB 2, 1 Sep 1860, 330; 3, 1 Feb,15 May 1861, 422,508; B 19, 2 Feb,16 Mar 1861, 81,175; RHA 1861, No.580; Durham Dunlop (ed.), A Memoir of the professional life of William J. Barre, Esq. member of the Royal Institute of Architects Ireland: with photographic illustrations selected from his works (Belfast: James Magill, 1868), 25,Pl.6; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 54 (sub no. 124); Paul Larmour, 'The eclectic style of W.J.Barre', Perspective, Mar-Apr 1984, 63; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 39;  Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 165(illus.).


Name: JACKSON, ANTHONY THOMAS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM AVENUE, NO. 094 (& BELMONT CHURCH ROAD), BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1873
Nature: Addition of S. aisle and transept.
Refs: C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 39

Name: YOUNG & MACKENZIE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM AVENUE, NO. 094 (& BELMONT CHURCH ROAD), BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1887
Nature: Addition of N. aisle.
Refs: C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 39;  Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 291.

Name: CRAIG, VINCENT
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM AVENUE, NO. 094 (& BELMONT CHURCH ROAD), BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1898
Nature: Tower and extension to nave.
Refs: IB 40, 1 Jul 1898, 100; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 54 (no. 124); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 39

Name: STEVENSON, JAMES CORDEN
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SYDENHAM AVENUE, NO. 094 (& BELMONT CHURCH ROAD), BELMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date: 1931
Nature: Opened (after refurbishment?)by Lord Craigavon Oct or Nov 1931.
Refs: IB 73, 7 Nov 1931, 958