1958 – Carolan Grammar School for Girls, Belfast
Architect: Donald Shanks, Principal Architect to Belfast Education Committee
Constructed over the period 1957-58,
1958 – Convent of the Good Shepherd, Derry
Architect: Corr & McCormick
The Good Shepherd Convent in Derry,
1958 – Faughan Valley High School, Drumahoe, Co. Derry
Architect: Noel Campbell
The former Faughan Valley High School closed in 2007,
1958 – Fire Station, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Architect: Munce & Kennedy
Modern fire station by Belfast architects Munce &
1958 – Textiles Factory, Kitchen Hill, Lurgan, Co. Armagh
Architect: Houston & Beaumont
The factory was built in 1958 for Pinehurst Textiles but the British Army took it over in early 1971 for use as a barracks due to its size and position.
1959 – St. Mary’s National School, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan
Architect: Office of Public Works
Fine example of a standardised design school from the Office of Public Works.
1959 – Transport House, High Street, Belfast
Architect: J.J. Brennan
A modernist office building constructed for the Amalgamated Transport &
1960 – Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry, Co. Derry
Architect: Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall
Plans for a new general hospital to serve the northwest of Northern Ireland were drawn up by Yorke,
1960 – Girls’ School, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Corr & McCormick
Girls’ secondary school adapting to a hillside site by placing parallel blocks of differing heights down the slope.
1960 – Grundig Factory, Dunmurry Industrial Estate, Belfast
Architect: Munce & Kennedy
Modern office and factory building constructed as part of a drive to bring new jobs to Northern Ireland in the 50s and 60s.
