Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL PLACE, NO. 056 (ROBINSON & CLEAVER)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: YOUNG & MACKENZIE
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL PLACE, NO. 056 (ROBINSON & CLEAVER)
Date: 1886-88;1894-1895
Nature: Massive 6 storey premises on corner of Donegall Sq N. Circular clock tower at corner. White Scrabo sandstone for upper floors, Scottish granites for ground floor. Carvings of distinguished clients by Harry Hems, Exeter. Contractor: H. & J. Martin, Belfast. Completed Spring 1888. Cost: almost £50,000. Extended, 1894-1895
Refs: IB 28, 1 Mar 1886, 68; 29, 15 Nov 1887, 325; 30, 15 Mar 1888, 68; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 51 (no. 113(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed.,1985), 56-57; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 107-8,112(illus.);  Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016),23(illus.),62(illus.),75-80(illus.)246-247(illus.).

Name: HEMS, HARRY *#
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL PLACE, NO. 056 (ROBINSON & CLEAVER)
Date: 1888
Nature: Carvings of distinguished clients on each front.
Refs: C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 57; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 51 (no.113); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 107