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 –
1870 – St. Enoch’s Presbyterian Church, Carlisle Circus, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Anthony Thomas Jackson
Erected in the early 1870s, it was one of the largest Presbyterian churches in all of Ulster.
1872 – Elmwood Hall, Queen’s University Belfast
Architect: John Corry
Designed by amateur architect John Corry, Elmwood Hall, a former Presbyterian Church, is the concert hall for Queen’s University.
1874 – Design Proposal for St. Patrick’s Church, Donegall St., Belfast
Architect: O’Neill & Byrne
Unbuilt proposal for St. Patrick’s church in central Belfast. The church was constructed to designs of Timothy Hevey.
1876 – Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: W.H. Lynn
Designed in the Gothic Revival style by noted architect W.H. Lynn and completed in 1876, the church was home to one of the largest Methodist congregations in Belfast.
1877 – St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Donegall Street, Belfast
Architect: Timothy Hevey
Built between 1874-7 and modelled on SS. Augustine & John on Thomas Street in Dublin, St Patrick’s has a fine spire floating over a large recessed arch enclosing the portal,
1878 – Presbyterian Church, Ballymacarret, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Young & Mackenzie
A church, at Ballymacarrett on the Newtownards Road, completed in 1878 to a design by Young and Mackenzie.
1878 – Presbyterian Church, Townsend Street, Belfast
Architect: Young & Mackenzie
The church and adjacent three storey hall, both listed buildings erected at a cost of £11,000 in 1878.
1878 – St. Mark’s Church of Ireland, Dundela, Belfast
Architect: William Butterfield
As the suburbs of Belfast were expanding outwards, William Butterfield was commissioned to design a new church for this parish.
