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KNOTT, RALPH #
- Born: 1878 Died: 1929
English architect, best known as the designer of the County Hall, London, for whom see Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), I, 1087. In 1926 Knott, who was by this time in partnership with Ernest Stone Collins, designed the Speaker's House at Stormont, Belfast.(1) In November 1921 he had been selected by the British First Commissioner of Works to design the public offices which were to flank ARNOLD THORNELY' s Northern Ireland Parliament House at Stormont,(2) but after he had prepared the plans, a last-minute decision was made to incorporate the offices into Thornely's building.(3)
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References
(1) Larmour, 111(illus.).
(2) Building News 121, 25 Nov 1921, 322. For the objections to the means by which he and Thornely were selected, see also issues of 30 Sep,4,11,18 Nov 1921, 211,288,291,307,320.
(2) Obituary of Knott in RIBAJ 36 (1928-29) , 296; B 124, 13 Mar 1923, 600; Larmour, 111.
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Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NEWTOWNARDS ROAD UPR (STORMONT), NORTHERN IRELAND PARLIAMENT |
Date: | 1923 |
Nature: | Proposed office blocks flanking parliament house, 1923 (unexecuted). |
Refs: | Building News 121, 25 Nov 1921, 322; B 124, 13 Mar 1923, 600; obituary of Knott in RIBAJ 36 (1928-29), 296; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 111. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NEWTOWNARDS ROAD UPR (STORMONT), NORTHERN IRELAND PARLIAMENT |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Neo-Georgian red brick Speaker's House. By Knott & [Ernest Stone] Collins. Formally handed over to NI Government, 26 Aug 1926. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 27 Aug 1926; obituary of Knott in RIBAJ 36 (1928-29), 296; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 111. |