1956 – Metro Cinema, Dundonald, Belfast
Built at a cost of £50,000, it was the first post-war cinema in Belfast with a balcony.
1956 – Post Sorting Office, Cootehill, Co. Cavan
Architect: Seymour Rice & Bertie Banahan, Office of Public Works
One of a series of smaller post office buildings constructed around Ireland at this time.
1956 – Presbyterian Church, Rathcoole, Co. Antrim
Architect: Robert J. McKinstry
Rathcoole Housing Estate was one of the first large-scale housing schemes in Northern Ireland in the 1940s and 50s.
1956 – St. Colman’s High School, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Corr & McCormick
The school was built in the mid 1950s as a result of the education act of 1947,
1957 – Cyril Lord Carpet Factory, Donaghadee, Co. Down
Architect: McAlister, Mather & Partners
A factory built for textile entrepreneur Cyril Lord,
1957 – Greenwood Mixed School, Belfast
Architect: Henry Lynch-Robinson & Robert McKinstry
Now known as Greenwood Infant School,
1957 – McLay Memorial Hall, Henry Place, Belfast
Described in the News Letter on May 2, 1957: “A new £14,000 church hall for the congregation of Clifton Street United Presbyterian Church,
1957 – Runner Up Design for War Memorial Building, Belfast
Architect: W.F. Howard
Second placed entry in a design compeition to design a building to act as a war memorial for Northern Ireland providing office space for charities and organisations associated with the armed forces.
1957 – Third Placed Design for War Memorial Building, Belfast
Architect: W. Granville Smyth
Second placed entry by W.
1957 – Winning Design for War Memorial Building, Belfast
Architect: J.M. Bowley
The site was formerly occupied by the Queen Anne Hotel and a number of shops which were destroyed by German bombing during the Belfast Blitz in 1941.
