Architect of Bangor, Co. Down, and Belfast. According to the 1911 census, William James Walshe was born in Belfast in 1862 or 1863. At the time of the census he had been married for twelve years and had four children. In 1905 he designed the layout for a proposed Garden Colony at Cliftonville Circus, Belfast, for the estate agent Sir ROBERT MCCONNELL ROBERT MCCONNELL . According to Brett, Walshe's layout 'provided for three open gardens; tree-lined roadways; a central pleasure-garden, with a tea-house, flag staff, and bandstand'. Walshe designed other houses for R.J. McConnell & Co., including three in Cranmore Avenue in 1905 and a further villa at the corner of Cranmore Avenue and Lisburn Road. in 1915. In 1917, he acted as honorary architect for eight semi-detached houses for disabled ex-servicemen, which were erected by the Belfast branch of the Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Institute.
Addresses: Work: 49 Holborn Avenue, Bangor, Co. Down, 1906; 37 Royal Avenue, Belfast, 1917.
Home: 19 Ravenhill Park, Ormeau, Belfast, 1911.
See WORKS.
References
C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 73.
IB 57, 24 Apr 1915, 197.
Buildng News 112, 21 Mar 1917, 266 114, 1 May 1918, 341.
Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), 109.
11 work entries listed in chronological order for WALSHE, WILLIAM JAMES
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ST IVES GARDENS, HOUSES |
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1896;1899 |
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Street of 3-storey red brick terrace houses. North side designed 1896, south side 1899 |
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Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 153
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRANMORE GARDENS, NO. 002-8 & 12 |
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1902-1904 |
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Symmetrical 2-storey red brick houses with curious semi-circular headed tripartite windows. Some for R.J. McConnell & Co. and others for William Kerr. |
| Refs: |
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 46
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRANMORE AVENUE, NO. 005 |
| Date: |
1905 |
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Red brick and roughcast house with half-timbered gables and verandah. For R.J. McConnell & Co. |
| Refs: |
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 46
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRANMORE AVENUE, NO. 012 |
| Date: |
1905 |
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Red brick and roughcast house with half-timbered gables and verandah. For R.J. McConnell & Co. |
| Refs: |
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 46
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRANMORE AVENUE, NO. 007 |
| Date: |
1905 |
| Nature: |
Red brick and roughcast house with half-timbered gables and verandah. |
| Refs: |
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 46
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRANMORE AVENUE, NO. 002 |
| Date: |
1905 |
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Red brick and roughcast house for William Kerr. Larmour suggests attribution to Walshe as kerr is known to have employed him for other houses in this area. |
| Refs: |
Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 46
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BELMONT PARK |
| Date: |
1905ca |
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WJW draws up site plan of building sites.
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| Refs: |
Site plan, 1905ca, in PRONI, D3884/3 (see PRONI e-catalogue).
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ?, HOUSES (008) |
| Date: |
1917 |
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Semi-detached houses for disabled ex-servicemen for Belfast branch of Auctioneers' & Estate Agents' Institute, which has acquired 1 1/4 acres of land for 14 houses, eight of which are neow erecting. Builder: C. & W. McQuoid. WJW honorary architect. |
| Refs: |
Buildng News 112, 21 Mar 1917, 266 114, 1 May 1918, 341.
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