Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architectural partnership, of Belfast, formed betweeen HENRY SEAVER  HENRY SEAVER and his assistant and former pupil ROBERT HANNA GIBSON  ROBERT HANNA GIBSON in the 1930s.(1) Gibson carried on the practice after Seaver's death in 1941; indeed, for some time previously, Seaver is said to have been 'in virtual retirement'.(2)

Address: Scottish Temperance Buildings, Donegall Square South.



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(1) Seaver and Gibson were joint architects of St Christopher's Church, Belfast, completed in 1932.
(2) Obituary of Seaver in IB 83, 24 May 1941, 261.


5 work entries listed in chronological order for SEAVER & GIBSON


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Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HOLYWOOD ROAD, HEYN MEMORIAL HALL
Date: 1928-29
Nature: Tudor style hall for congregation of St Mark's Church, Dundela. Attributed to Gibson by Larmour. Awarded Ulster Architectural Medal; 'one of the best buildings of the kind belonging to the Church of Ireland in Ulster'. Contractor: F.B. McKee.
Refs: IB 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1052; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 82 (no. 189, illus.)

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MERSEY STREET, ST CHRISTOPHER'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1931-32
Nature: Lombardic church serving part of parish of Ballymacarrett. Attributed to Gibson on stylistic grounds by Larmour. Consecrated 28 May 1932. Contractor: Cairns Bros., Belfast.
Refs: IB 73, 21 Nov,5 Dec 1931, 1015,1063; 74, 4 Jun,10 Sep 1932, 513,816; Larmour 86 (no. 200, illus.); Clergy of Down & Dromore (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996), 80(illus.)

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ALBERT BRIDGE ROAD (BALLYMACARRETT), ORANGE HALL
Date: 1934-1935
Nature: Adds. & alts.
Refs: IB 76, 3 Nov 1934, 938; 77, 6 Apr,13 Jul 1935, 289,625

Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LISBURN ROAD, ULSTER INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION OF DEAF, DUMB & BLIND
Date: 1934-1935
Nature: Extension &/or new school. Builder: F.B. McKee & Co., Shore Rd, Belfast.
Refs: IB 76, 3 Nov,29 Dec 1934, 938,1142; 77, 24 Aug 1935, 757

Building: CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, HILLSBOROUGH ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1935
Nature: Extension.
Refs: IB 77, 24 Aug 1935, 757