Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL
Name: | MCDONNELL, JAMES DESMOND ## |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1855 |
Nature: | Statue of Earl of Belfast, erected first in College Sq, then in Public Library, before being moved to City Hall. |
Refs: | Exh, RA 1856 (no. 1231); W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), II, 61; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 57 |
Name: | HARE, HENRY THOMAS # |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | Competition entrant. Exhibits design at RA, 1897. |
Refs: | Architectural Review 1 (1896-7), 319 (not listed by Graves). |
Name: | MILLER, JAMES [2]# |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | Competition entrant, on initial shortlist of 3. |
Refs: | B 71, 5 Dec 1896, 470; plan(s) in Academy Architecture I (1898), 82 (copy in National Monuments Record of Scotland) |
Name: | ROWNTREE, FRED # |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | Competition entrant, placed first on initial shortlist of 3. Of Stark & Rowntree, Glasgow.. |
Refs: | B 71, 5 Dec 1896, 470 |
Name: | FENNELL, WILLIAM JOHN |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | Competition entrant. |
Refs: | Design exh. RHA 1904, no. 298; IB 46, 26 Mar 1904, 182 |
Name: | WATT (GRAEME) & TULLOCH |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | Watt & Tulloch placed second in first competition but declined to take part in final competition. |
Refs: | IB 38, 1 Dec 1896, 243; Building News 71, 11,18 Dec 1896, 843,897; 73, 23 Jul 1897, 113(illus.) |
Name: | WATERHOUSE, ALFRED # |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1896 |
Nature: | AW and J.C. Bretland assessors of competition for designing same. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 7 Jul 1896; IB 38, 15 Jul 1896, 149; Building News 71, 6 Nov 1896, 683 |
Name: | GAMBLE, JAMES GARDNER |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1896-1906 |
Nature: | JGG clerk of works. |
Refs: | IB 98, 14 Jan 1956, 27 |
Name: | THOMAS, ALFRED BRUMWELL (SIR) # |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1897-1906 |
Nature: | ABT winner of competition. FS laid, 18 Oct 1898. Building 'near completion, Oct 1905. Opened by Lord Leiutenant (Earl of Aberdeen) 1 Aug 1906. Builder: H. & J. Martin, Belfast.. Stained glass by (1)Campbell, (2)Ward & Partners; (3)Clokey, all of Belfast. Oak fittings by Goodall, Lamb, and Heighway, of Manchester. Carving: Winter & Thompson. |
Refs: |
PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/24; RA 1907, no. 1512; IB 38, 15 Jul,15 Aug,1 Oct,1,15 Dec 1896, 149,173,203,243,255; 39, 1 Dec 1897, 229; 42, 1 Jan 1900, 227(illus.); 43, 10 Oct,7 Nov 1901, 888,896(illus.),928; 44, 30 Jan 1902, 1020; 45, 2 Jul 1903, 1854; 46, 27 Feb 1904, 106; 47, 14 Jan,21 Oct 1905, 6,746; 48, 28 Jul,11 Aug,8,22 Sep 1906, 585,642,657(illus.),724,728(illus.),753(illus.),764(illus.),784(illus.); 68, 23 Jan 1926, 46; 98, 11 Aug 1956, 724; Building News70, 20 May 1896, 805; 71, 4,11 Dec 1896, 805-6, ?; 73, 9 Jul 1897, 46 (illus. in supplement); 86, 19 Feb 1904, 262-3; 90, 5 Jan 1906, 53; 91, 10 Aug 1906, 174-176(illus.); 92, 21 Jun 1907, 875; 94, 3 Jan 1908, 8-10(illus.); Irish Times, 21 Sep 1898,2 Aug 1906,4 Apr 1907; B 91, 18 Aug 1906, 233-5,248 (illus.); Architectural Review 20, ? ? 1906, 188; Architect's Journal 24, ? ? 1906, 316,342(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 65-67; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 60-61 (no. 239, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 110-114; Paul Larmour, Belfast City Hall: an architectural history (UAHS, 2010). |
Name: | POMEROY, FREDERICK WILLIAM *# |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1904ca |
Nature: | Designed and executed carving in pediment (with J. Edgar Winter); also bronze statues on monument to Marquess of Dufferin, 1904c, and statues of Sir James Haslett and Sir Robert McMordie, all in grounds. |
Refs: | IB 48, ? ? 1906, 657; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 66-67. |
Name: | ARNOLD, HUGH *# |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | Design for stained glass window |
Refs: | RA Exhibition Catalogue 1905, No. 1504 |
Name: | BEWSEY, JOHN C. * # |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1906 |
Nature: | Designs for dome window, principal stair lunette, central window |
Refs: | RA 1906, no. 1443,1508,1536. |
Name: | WINTER, JOSEPH (OR JAMES) EDGAR * |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1906a |
Nature: | Carving in pediment of entrance front. Executed with F.W. Pomeroy, who was responsible for the design. |
Refs: | IB 46, 27 Feb 1904, 106; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 66; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 60 (no. 139) |
Name: | CAMPBELL BROS. * |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1907a |
Nature: | Stained glass. |
Refs: | IB 49, 23 Feb 1907, 129(illus.) |
Name: | GIBSON, ROBERT HANNA |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1941-42 |
Nature: | Renovations, construction of temporary roof after air raid damage. With J.H. Stevenson. Contractor: James Moreland, Powerscourt St. |
Refs: | IB 83, 21 Jun,22 Nov 1941, 309,538; 84, 1 Aug 1942, 280 |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL |
Date: | 1953 |
Nature: | Reconstruction of great hall destroyed by fire in air raid, 1941, at cost of £50,000. |
Refs: | IB 95, 24 Oct 1953, 1097 |