1776 – St Anne’s Church, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Francis Hiorne
Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, Views in Belfast (1833) as “This church is situated in Donegal-street.
Belfast churches
1790 – Meeting-House, Rosemary Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Dr. Drummond’s Meeting-House, Second Congregation, Rosemary Street, was built 1790, and demolished 1964. It is believed that architect Francis Hiorne (1744-89) who designed St.
1812 – St. George’s Church of Ireland, High Street, Belfast
Architect: John Bowden
Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, Views in Belfast (1833), as “Situated in High-street, and erected in the years 1811-12,
1833 – Christ Church, College Square, Belfast
Architect: William Farrell
Designed to accommodate 1650 people, consecrated 25 July 1833, and closed June 1993. After lying redundant for several years,
1837 – Presbyterian Church, Alfred St., Belfast
Constructed during 1836-37 to replace an earlier meeting house built 1821 at Alfred Place. Externally finished in brick, the building’s main architectural embellishments was an Ionic portico.
1844 – Saint Malachy’s Church, Belfast
Architect: Thomas Jackson
Originally Saint Malachy’s was intended to be the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Down and Connor and was to seat 7,000 worshippers but in the time when the Great Famine took hold in Ireland it was decided that the funds would be better spent elsewhere to alleviate the suffering of many.
1857 – Sinclair Seamen’s Church, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Lanyon & Lynn
Constructed between 1856 and 1857 in memory of John Sinclair in a Venetian style. A unique interior shipyard workers,
1860 – Donegall Street Congregational Church, Belfast
Architect: William Raffles Brown
The original church on this site was completed in 1860, with additions in 1871 on either side by Luke Macassey.
1868 – St Mary’s Church of Ireland, Crumlin Rd., Belfast
Architect: Slater & Carpenter
St Mary’s Church of Ireland was completed in 1868 to a design by the London architect William Slater.
1870 – St Thomas Church of Ireland, Eglantine Ave., Belfast
Architect: John Lanyon, Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon
This area of Belfast underwent rapid expansion during the middle to late 19th century –
