1898 – Post Office, Newry, Co. Down
Architect: Robert Cochrane / Board of Public Works
Quite grand and imposing post office with residence for a caretaker.
1898 – Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, Co. Down
Architect: James J. Farrall, Young & Mackenzie
The result of an architectural competition held by the Belfast & Co.
1899 – Homes of Rest, Bangor, Co. Down
Architect: William Roome
“THE building known as “The Rest for Girls” at Bangor has proved such a success that the committee decided upon erecting two similar homes,
1899 – Masonic Hall, Donaghadee, Co. Down
Architect: William Curragh
Small brick Masonic Hall completed in 1899. The Irish Builder of September 1 1899 named the archtect as William Curragh but other sources suggest J.J.
1899 – Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Bangor, Co. Down
Architect: Vincent Craig
Fine club building overlooking the bay. The Club building is listed by the Department of Environment as a building of historic interest.
1899 – Victoria Home, Rostrevor, Co. Down
Architect: William J. Watson
Built in the mid-1890s for the Girls Friendly Society of Ireland, who asked for and received Royal permission to call it the Queen Victoria Home in 1901.
1902 – Dunleath Arms Hotel, Ballywalter, Co. Down
Architect: William J. Fennell
Small hotel, Lord Dunleath “intends to run the inn under the Gothenburg principle, falling into line with a movement which is increasing in favour in the North of Ireland”.
1903 – First Trust Bank, Hill Street, Newry
Architect: Carroll & Batchelor
Now a branch of First Trust, a subsidiary of AIB, but constructed for the Provincial Bank of Ireland,
1903 – Great Northern Railway Tearoom Pavilion, Warrenpoint, Co. Down
Architect: William H. Mills
Tearoom pavilion constructed by the Great Northern Railway in Warrenpoint town park. The company heavily marketed the town as a destination for daytrippers and seaside holiays.
1905 – Former Railway Station, Newcastle, Co. Down
The first terminus of the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) opened their line south from Downpatrick in March 1869, but the current building dates from a 1905 remodelling when the Great Northern Railway of Ireland arrived here from Banbridge.
