1868 – Old Library, Queen’s University Belfast
Illustration showing the interior of the Old Library as originally designed by W.H. Lynn.
Illustration showing the interior of the Old Library as originally designed by W.H. Lynn.
From The Architect and Contract Reporter, April 17 1869: This building is announced to be opened on tho _’
Front elevation, longitudinal & transverse section including plan as published in The Building News, December 16th 1870.
From The Builder March 5 1870: The building for those amalgamated institutions at the top of Park street close to several other important edifices is progressing towards completion and in our present number publish a view of it and the plan of ground floor.
Opened in 1870 and in later years known as Old Main. The main hall with its towering book stacks and clearly expressed metal structure was a fantastic internal space.
Selected design after an architectural competition. Published in The Building News, January 3rd 1873.
New library for Dr. Williams Frost, front elevation & details published in The Building News,
James Barnet’s design for a combined Art Gallery, Museum and Library in 1874, never constructed. Intended for the corner of College and William streets was far grander than the museum as built,
Originally built as the Third Judicial District Court House between the years 1874-1877 fto a design by architects Frederick Clarke Withers and Calvert Vaux.