Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GREAT PATRICK STREET, MARINERS' CHURCH (CI)

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GREAT PATRICK STREET, MARINERS' CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1867-69
Nature: New church to seat 600 in Gothic style with 150ft spire. Built under auspices of Church Extension & Endowment Society. Tenders invited Mar 1867. FS laid Jul 1868. Opened 11 ? 1869. Contractor: Walter Doolin. Estimated cost: £7,000.
Refs: Drawings in RCB Library, portfolio 6; IB 9, 15 Mar 1867, 78; 10, 1 Aug 1868, 195; 11, 1 Jan 1869, 9;  Irish Churchman 2, no. 4, 15 May 1869, 50;  Architect 2, 18 ? 1869, 147.

Name: CLOSE, SAMUEL PATRICK
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GREAT PATRICK STREET, MARINERS' CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1909?
Nature: S.P. Close & Son may have done work on same. Letter from them stamped 1909 in RCB asks clergyman to borrow original plans from Dublin 'as we are somewhat puzzled by the construction of portions of your church'.
Refs: RCB Library, portfolio 6