Architect, of London, for whom see Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), II, 1008. Clough Williams-Ellis, best known for his Italianate seaside village at Portmeirion in Wales, designed several buildings in Co. Antrim for Ronald McNeill (created Lord Cushendun in 1927) and for the Macnaghten family of Dunderave. He also designed the First Church of Christ Scientist complex in Belfast, built between 1923 and 1937 and was the architect of the Northern Ireland pavilion in the British Empire Exhibition at Wembely in 1924.
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References
Irish Times, 26 Feb, 24 Apr 1924.
9 work entries listed in chronological order for WILLIAMS-ELLIS, BERTRAM CLOUGH (SIR) #
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CO. ANTRIM, CUSHENDUN, SQUARE |
| Date: |
1912 |
| Nature: |
7 2-storey houses set around three sides of enclosed garden. Designed in Cornish style at request of Maud Bolitho, Cornish-born wife of client, Ronald McNeill (cr. 1st Baron Cushendun, 1927). |
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Designs, 1912, in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection, PA485/11(1-2), see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/aRc4lXYPsp/MAIN_CAT/213070008/9 (last visited Apr 2009); information from Donald Girvan; C.E.B. Brett, Glens of Antrim (UAHS, 1971), 42 (no. 12); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Co. Antrim (1996), 240-241(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, CUSHENDUN, HALL & CLUB (PROPOSED) |
| Date: |
1912 |
| Nature: |
Design for proposed hall and club. Not built. For Ronald McNeill (cr. 1st Baron Cushendun, 1927).. |
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Designs, 1912, in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection PA485/10(1-3), see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/aRc4lXYPsp/MAIN_CAT/213070008/9 (last visited Apr 2009); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of County Antrim (1996), 240.
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CO. ANTRIM, GLENMONA (CUSHENDUN) |
| Date: |
1913 |
| Nature: |
Design for new lodge, for Ronald McNeill.
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Design in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection, PA 485/9 (1-6), see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/aRc4lXYPsp/MAIN_CAT/213070008/9 (last visited Apr 2009).
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CO. ANTRIM, GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, LORD MACNAGHTEN MEMORIAL HALL & SCHOOLS |
| Date: |
1915 |
| Nature: |
Built for Sir Edward Charles Macnaghten (d. Dec 1914) and his sisters Beatrice and Helen in memory of their father Edward, Baron Macnaghten. Opened 4 Aug 1915. Bronze panels commissioned from Rosalind Praeger by 1st Baron's daughters. Builder: John Carson, Ballymena. |
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Perspective drawing of school house at Dunderave (information from Donald Girvan); designs, 1913,1914 in Victoria & Albert Museum RIBA Drawings Collection, see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/mms2zmTT1Y/MAIN_CAT/275190106/9 (last visited Apr 2009); IB 57, 14 Aug 1915, 367; Building News 109, 18 Aug 1915, 194; W.D. Girvan, North Antrim (UAHS, 1972), 17(illus.),26 (no. 65); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Co. Antrim (1996), 250.
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CO. ANTRIM, GLENMONA (CUSHENDUN) |
| Date: |
1923 |
| Nature: |
Rebuilding for Ronald McNeill (cr. 1st Baron Cushendun, 1927).., after house was burned in Troubles. |
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Mark Bence-Jones, Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I, Ireland. (London, 1978), 138(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Co. Antrim (1996), 240-241
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, UNIVERSITY AVENUE, NO. 002-4, FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST |
| Date: |
1923-1837 |
| Nature: |
Complex projected in 1922; school built in 1923, house in 1928, church in 1936-7. |
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Perspective view by Philip Dalton Hepworth exh. RA 1923, no. 1160 (repr. Country Life 80, 2 Jun 1923, 778; photograph of original drawing in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection, PA487/1(1), see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/TYFrcwyCCL/MAIN_CAT/213070008/13 , last visited Apr 2009); designs for Sunday school and caretaker's cottage, 1922-35, in RIBA Drawings Collection, PA487/1(2-73), see British Architectural Library Catalogue, as above; IB 65, 21 Apr,16 Jun 1923, 298,464; 70, 18 Feb 1928, 148; 78, 4 Apr,2 May 1936, 297,391; 79, 30 Oct 1937, 951; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 80 (no. 184)
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CO. ANTRIM, BUSHMILLS, SCHOOL |
| Date: |
1925-27 |
| Nature: |
New school. Builder: Cochrane & Ellis, Portrush. For Sir Francis Alexander Macnaghten.
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Designs, dated 1919, 1923 & 1925 in Victoria & Albert Museum RIBA Drawings Collection, see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/mms2zmTT1Y/MAIN_CAT/275190106/9 (last visited Apr 2009); IB 69, 24 Jan 1925, 62; W.D. Girvan, Historic Buildings…in North Antrim (UAHS, 1972), 17(illus.),18 (no. 48)
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CO. ANTRIM, CUSHENDUN, MAUD COTTAGES |
| Date: |
1926 |
| Nature: |
Terrace of 4 2-storey houses with slate-hung upper storey. For Ronald McNeill (cr. 1st Baron Cushendun, 1927) and named after his first wife Maud Bolitho (d. 1925). |
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Designs, 1926, in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings Collection, PA485/12(1-3) and PA485/13?, see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/aRc4lXYPsp/MAIN_CAT/213070008/9 (last visited Apr 2009); C.E.B. Brett, Glens of Antrim (UAHS, 1971), 42 (no. 11); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Co. Antrim (1996), 240-241(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, CUSHENDUN, SHOP |
| Date: |
1932 |
| Nature: |
Shop for Mr A. McAlister, for Ronald McNeill ,1st Baron Cushendun. |
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Drawings in Victoria & Albert Museum, RIBA Drawings collection, see British Architectural Library Catalogue, http://riba.sirsidynix.net.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/aRc4lXYPsp/MAIN_CAT/213070008/9 (last visited Apr 2009); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Co. Antrim (1996), 241
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| Author |
Title |
Date |
Details |
| Williams-ellis, Clough |
'Dublin - with a caution' |
1934 |
RIBAJ 41 (1934), 410-411, reprinted in Irish Architect & Builder I (no. 1, Apr 1934), 19. (Review of Cautionary Guide to Dublin.) |
| Williams-ellis, Clough |
'A message'
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1951'A Me |
Essay in An Exhibition of Architecture (RSUA, 1951), 14-16. |
