Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU AVENUE, THOMPSON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN
Name: | YOUNG & MACKENZIE |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU AVENUE, THOMPSON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN |
Date: | 1884-5 |
Nature: | Gothic fountain in memory of Dr Thomas Thompson, physician at Home for Incurables, erected by his daughter, Eliza. Formally opened 15 Apr 1885 by Lord Mayor Edward Harland. Contractor: Robert Corry (tender price £280). Iron lamp standards by McFarlane's of Glasgow. Sculptural carving by unnamed workshop in Chester. |
Refs: |
Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 50, no. 112(illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 253; Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 23(illus.),357-8(illus.). |
Name: | CORRY, ROBERT * |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU AVENUE, THOMPSON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN |
Date: | 1884-5 |
Nature: | Built by RC to designs by Young & Mackenzie. |
Refs: | Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 50, no. 112(illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 253 |