Architectural partnership, of Belfast, formed in November 1895 when ROBERT GRAEME WATT ROBERT GRAEME WATT took the London architect FREDERICK HENRY TULLOCH FREDERICK HENRY TULLOCH as a partner. Most of their works as recorded in the Irish Builder are commercial buildings in Belfast. In 1905 they won the competition for designing three new public libraries in Belfast, and were awarded £5,000 each. Their pupils included THOMAS ROBERT EAGAR THOMAS ROBERT EAGAR , EDWIN RIDDELL KENNEDY EDWIN RIDDELL KENNEDY and Frederick Cross King (see KING & KING KING & KING ).
From 1901 or earlier WILLIAM HARTLEY PATTERSON WILLIAM HARTLEY PATTERSON worked in the office and had apparently become a partner by the time he left in 1908 or 1909 to emigrate to Canada. In August 1909 his place was taken by Watt's former pupil NICHOLAS FITZSIMONS NICHOLAS FITZSIMONS , after which the practice was known as WATT TULLOCH & FITZSIMONS. WATT TULLOCH & FITZSIMONS.
Address: 77a Victoria Street, Belfast, 1895-<=1908.
See WORKS.
References
B 69, 30 Nov 1895, 404.
IB 47, 11,25 Feb 1905, 81,125.
IB 51, 21 Aug 1909, 533.
This is given as Patterson's address in RIAI list of members for 1908.
34 work entries listed in chronological order for WATT (GRAEME) & TULLOCH
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CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, ABBEY STREET (& UPPER ENGLISH STREET), PROVINCIAL BANK |
| Date: |
1896 |
| Nature: |
New branch bank. |
| Refs: |
Plans, sections, elevations, in IAA, McCurdy & Mitchell Collection, 79/17.24/1-2; R. McKinstry, R. Oram, R. Weatherup, P. Wilson, The Buildings of Armagh (UAHS, 1992), 33,113-4; Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 133.
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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.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ACADEMY STREET (& GREAT PATRICK STREET), BONDED WAREHOUSE (WILLIAM COWAN, LTD.) |
| Date: |
1896-97 |
| Nature: |
New bonded 5-storey warehouse has been erected. For William Cowan. Contractor: Robert Corry |
| Refs: |
PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/22; IB 39, 15 Sep 1897, 180; B 73, 17 Jul 1897, 58
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, PETER'S HILL, NO. 002-16 (& MILLFIELD & BOYD STREET), SHOPS (007) |
| Date: |
1898 |
| Nature: |
Block of 7 shops in brick and stone with frontages on Peter's Hill, Millfield and Boyd Sts in progress. Contractor: Courtney & Co. Cost: £6,000. For sale, Jun 1906.
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| Refs: |
IB 40, 15 Jan 1898, 16; Irish Times, 20,23,26,28 Jun 1906.
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, EAST BRIDGE STREET, ELECTRICITY STATION |
| Date: |
1898 |
| Nature: |
New electric station to replace one in Chapel Lane for Belfast Corporation. Red brick and Giffnock stone; 'pronounces by a competent authority to be one of the best electric light stations in the kingdom' (Irish Times). Cost: £25,000. Opened by Earl Cadogan, 18 Oct 1898. Contractor: J. & W. Stewart, Belfast. |
| Refs: |
Irish Times, 21 Sep,19 Oct 1898; IB 40, 15 Oct 1898, 153; Building News 75, 21 Oct 1898, 568; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 62.
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CO. ANTRIM, CRAWFORDSBURN HOUSE |
| Date: |
1899 |
| Nature: |
Farm buildings, entrance block, cattle byre, cottage, agent's house, for Lt. Col. Sharman Crawford. |
| Refs: |
PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/32
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LINFIELD STREET, NO. 001-13 (MURRAY, SONS, & CO.) |
| Date: |
1900 |
| Nature: |
New factory. 'The pagoda-like roofs, miniature columns, and elongated keystones…are all faracteristic of the younger man's [i.e. Tulloch's] work' (Larmour) |
| Refs: |
Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 68 (no. 154, illus.)
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CO. DOWN, CARNALEA, HOME FARM LODGE |
| Date: |
1900ca |
| Nature: |
2-storey Arts & Crafts lodge in brick and roughcast with half-timbered gable. |
| Refs: |
Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), 59
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR STREET, STATE BUILDINGS |
| Date: |
1902 |
| Nature: |
New corner block with top floor loggia for Wright & Hunter, cabinetmakers. |
| Refs: |
IB 43, 27 Feb 1902, 1060; David Evans, An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture (UAHS, 1977), 1(illus.); Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 68 (no. 155, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 20
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CO. DOWN, CULTRA HOUSE |
| Date: |
1902 |
| Nature: |
New manor house on Cultra estate for R.J. Kennedy. Free Ionic. Black stone with red sandstone dressings. Cost £10,000. |
| Refs: |
IB 43, 22 May 1902, 1254
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CO. DOWN, PURDYSBURN, LUNATIC ASYLUM |
| Date: |
1902-04 |
| Nature: |
2 new villas on Purdysburn estate for Asylum committee, 1902. |
| Refs: |
IB 44, 10 Apr,6,20 Nov, 1902, 1106,1472,1492; 51st Report on District, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums (1902), 529
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CO. DOWN, DOWNPATRICK, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM |
| Date: |
1902-1904 |
| Nature: |
Adds. & alts. including new service building, Alts & adds.incl. additional male & female blocks, dining hall, farm buildings. |
| Refs: |
IB 44, 18 Dec 1902, 1526; 45, 1,15 Jan,26 Mar,7 May,4 Jun 1903, 1542,1556,1658,1742,1750,1814; 46, 27 Feb 1904, 122
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WILLIAM STREET SOUTH, NO. 013-19. (& MONTGOMERY STREET) (WILLIAM A. ROSS & SON) |
| Date: |
1902a;1909 |
| Nature: |
Recent extension to W.A. Ross's mineral water factory, consisting of store and offices, 1902. Modified English Renaissance style, with square towers. Contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey. Another addition, 1909. Contractor: Robert Corry (£23,015). |
| Refs: |
B 82, 21 Jun 1902, 620-621; IB 43, 3 Jul 1902, 1301; 51, 6 Feb 1909, 82; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 338
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, SANDOWN ROAD, DUN ALAISTER |
| Date: |
1903 |
| Nature: |
Proposed alts. and addition, for Alexander Martin. (But see also J.St J. Phillips)
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| Refs: |
Plans and specifications, 1903, in PRONI, D3884/1A (see PRONI e-catalogue).
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLDPARK ROAD, CARNEGIE LIBRARY |
| Date: |
1905-06 |
| Nature: |
New Tudor Gothic library, red brick with white stone dressings. lst of 3 designed by GW & T, built by Belfast corporation with grant of £15,000 from Andrew Carnegie.. Nearing completion, Nov 1905. Contractor: Robert Corry. Opened 30 Nov 1906. |
| Refs: |
IB 47, 11,25 Feb,22 Apr,18 Nov 1905, 81,125,258,816,800(illus.); 48, 15 Dec 1906, 1008; Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 210-211(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
| Date: |
1905-08 |
| Nature: |
New library. Classical. Second of 3 designed by GW & T (winners of competition for same, assessed by Thomas Drew) and built by Belfast Corporation with grant of £15,000 from Carnegie. Classical. Tenders invited Nov 1905. Opened 2 Jan 1908. Contractor: Courtney & Co.(£3,969) |
| Refs: |
IB 47, 11,25 Feb,4,18 Nov,2 Dec 1905, 81,125,766,816,861,864(illus.); B 89, 18 Nov 1905, 544; 94, 11 Jan 1908, 50; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 69 (no. 157, illus.); Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 146-7(illus.)
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CO. DOWN, PURDYSBURN, LUNATIC ASYLUM |
| Date: |
1907-08;1909 |
| Nature: |
GW & T supervising architects for new villa colony with 2 churches, recreation hall & mortuary (H. & J. Martin contractors for latter 3), designed by George Thomas Hine, of London, 1907-1908. Further extension costing £81,000, 1909. |
| Refs: |
IB 49, 20 Apr,4,29 May 1907, 288,324,342; 50, 18 Apr,27 Jun,31 Oct,28 Nov,12 Dec 1908, 245,405,671,739,773; 51, 23 Jan,1,1,29 May,26 Jun,10 Jul 1909, 37,278,342,406,437; 58th Report on District, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums (1909), 33
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
| Date: |
1907-1909 |
| Nature: |
Tenders invited for erection of branch library for Belfast Corporation., Mar 1907. Last of 3 designed by GW & T, built by Belfast corporation with grant of £15,000 from Carnegie. Opened by Lord Mayor 5 Mar 1909. Contractor: Robert Corry. Cost: £4,930. |
| Refs: |
B 92, 23 Mar 1907, 377; IB 47, 11,25 Feb,2 Dec 1905, 81,125,861(illus); 51, ,9 Jan,6 Feb,20 Mar 1909, 18,82,177; Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 129-131(illus.)
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WELLWOOD STREET, FACTORY (ALBION LTD.) |
| Date: |
1908 |
| Nature: |
New factory of 5-storeys, built entirely of concrete on Hennebique system, to be erected. Slate roof. Contract secured by J. & R. Thompson. To cost about £10,000.
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| Refs: |
IB 50, 26 Dec 1908, 805; Building News 96, 1 Jan 1909, 54; J. G. Mouchel & Partners, Hennebique Ferro-Concrete (1909), 226 (illus.) (in IAA collection, IEI 151)
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