Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Name: | HARPER, JAMES |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH |
Date: | 1804 |
Nature: | New independent meeting house on land leased in 1803. Set 20 ft back from street with iron palisade. Builder: Thomas Price. |
Refs: | IB 75, 15 Jul 1933, 586; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 128 |
Name: | BROWN, WILLIAM RAFFLES |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH |
Date: | 1858-60 |
Nature: | New Independent church in Decorated Gothic style replacing earlier one. Scrabo stone front. Work started Summer 1858. FS laid by Mrs Workman in Mar 1859, when side walls were nearly ready for the roof. .Builder: John Ross. |
Refs: | DB 1, 1 Apr 1859, 43-44; IB 75, 15 Jul 1933, 586; B 17, 16 Apr 1859, 272; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 95 (illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 128 |
Name: | MACASSEY, LUKE LIVINGSTON |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH |
Date: | 1871 |
Nature: | Street front additions on each side and double stair in centre. Contractor: Guiler. |
Refs: | IB 75, 5 Jul 1933, 586; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 95 (no. 225, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 128 |
Name: | MCCAUL, THOMAS H. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH |
Date: | 1898ca |
Nature: | Extensive renovations & improvements. Contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey. |
Refs: | IB 75, 15 Jul 1933, 586 |
Name: | SEEDS, JOHN |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH |
Date: | 1932-34 |
Nature: | Reconstruction of church destroyed by fire in 1931. Lecture hall on ground floor with church above. Portland stone front well set back from street, 2 side wings. Opened 8 Dec 1934. Contractor: McQuoid. £15,000. |
Refs: | Bill of quantities, Oct 1932, in PRONI, D2000/5 (see PRONI e-catalogue); IB 73, 7 Nov,5 Dec 1931, 958,1063; 74, 18 Jun 1932, 568; 75, 22 Apr,15 Jul 1933, 344,586 ; 76, 15 Dec 1934, 1101; Architect & Building News 128, 27 Nov 1931, 268; 132, 11 Nov 1932, 186; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 95 (no. 225, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 128 |
Name: | STEVENSON, SAMUEL, & SONS |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL STREET, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH |
Date: | 1955 |
Nature: | Reconstruction after blitz damage. |
Refs: | IB 97, 24 Sep 1955, 1002; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 128 |