Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, PUBLIC LIBRARY
| Name: | WATT (GRAEME) & TULLOCH |
| Building: | 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.) |