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Architecture of Antrim

26 October 2012
1852 – Garron Tower, Co. Antrim

1852 – Garron Tower, Co. Antrim

Architect: Lewis Vulliamy Designed by Lewis Vulliamy, an English architect. for the Marchioness of Londonderry on a spectacular elevated site. Described as “grimly rectangular”, the castle has little of the finesse or romanticism...

13 December 2011
1853 – Design for Presbyterian College, Belfast

1853 – Design for Presbyterian College, Belfast

Architect: Charles Lanyon Now known as Union Theological College, it the theological college for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. As completed the building has some differences from the design illustrated, noticeably the first...

03 January 2013
1854 – Harbour Commissioners’ Office, Belfast, Co. Antrim

1854 – Harbour Commissioners’ Office, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Architect: George Smith / W.H. Lynn Originally the central bays were constructed as a free standing Italiante palazzo to designs by George Smith, the architect to the Harbour Commissioners/ Later extended in 1895...

24 September 2009
1860 – Donegall Street Congregational Church, Belfast

1860 – Donegall Street Congregational Church, Belfast

Architect: William Raffles Brown The original church on this site was completed in 1860, with additions in 1871 on either side by Luke Macassey. There were extensive renovations in 1898 before it was...

24 September 2009
1864 – Linen Hall Library, Belfast

1864 – Linen Hall Library, Belfast

Architect: Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon Sited on Donegall Square facing the dominant City Hall, the Linen Hall Library is the cultural heart of the city of Belfast. It was originally built as a...

24 September 2009
1865 – Clarence Place Hall, May St., Belfast

1865 – Clarence Place Hall, May St., Belfast

Architect: W.H. Lynn A fine building influenced by the writings of Ruskin and the work of Deane and Woodward. The building has polychromatic banded brickwork and gothic arches. The building won a conservation...

24 September 2009
1867 – Ewart’s Warehouse, Bedford Street, Belfast

1867 – Ewart’s Warehouse, Bedford Street, Belfast

Architect: James Hamilton A fine but now sadly derelict warehouse built in a Glasgow Ventian style by a Glasgow architect. The building has a corner entrance with a circular hall marked by a...

09 December 2011
1868 – Methodist College, Belfast

1868 – Methodist College, Belfast

Architect: William Fogerty Selected design from an architectural competition to design a school for the advancement of Methodism. Originally it provided for a new school for 200 pupils with additional collegiate department providing...

09 January 2012
1868 – Old Library, Queen’s University Belfast

1868 – Old Library, Queen’s University Belfast

Architect: Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon Illustration showing the interior of the Old Library as originally designed by W.H. Lynn. The building was described by the English poet Philip Larkin (who was sub-librarian at...