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Although the competition eliciting designs had specified that the construction should be "substantial and economical rather than ornamental … and costing no more than £16,000," costs eventually ran to £50,000; see
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yellow-grey brick, with interior said to be "specially arranged for carrying on the linen business in all departments"; now
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Charles Lanyon was the head of the firm and its most famous architect. In 1854, he took Lynn, his former apprentice, into
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Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon was created when John Lanyon became junior partner in 1860. The partnership with Lynn was
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A date range indicates time from initial competition or commission to completion or opening of the building
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Dublin: the city within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park
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described as using "many of the picturesque tricks" characteristic of the firm
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Designs for buildings and other projects by Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon include:
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stairway; cost overruns and the family's depleted fortune delayed completion
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North Leinster: The Counties of Longford, Louth, Meath and Westmeath
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building" with a "hotch-potch of styles"; Scottish Baronial with
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Dictionary of Scottish Architects, Architect Biography Report,
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Pioneering Women: Riddel Hall and Queen's University Belfast
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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Borough Council, "Restoration of Portrush Town Hall,"
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Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
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Lynn". 343:for Moore and Weinberg 258:Scottish Baronial style 794:Cite journal requires 740:The Linen Hall Library 655:2 (1892), pp. 325–327 501:"Lanyon, Sir Charles." 386:defines the style as " 254:Country Park, Belfast 27: 22: 721:(July 1888), p. 425 495:James Stevens Curl, 430:"immensely vigorous 326:May Street, Belfast 321:Clarence Place Hall 188:described in Lynn's 83:in Belfast, and the 609:Margaret Greenwood 436:crow-stepped gables 206:St. Andrew's Church 183:St. Stephen's Green 64:, and Charles' son 40:was a 19th-century 869:2011-06-05 at the 854:2009-07-06 at the 753:2011-09-27 at the 744:Linen Hall Library 706:2014-11-01 at the 674:2009-09-24 at the 669:Ballymena Churches 647:2011-06-14 at the 636:2007-04-07 at the 526:2008-11-22 at the 438:and "witch's hat" 417:Portrush Town Hall 354:Linen Hall Library 316:with a bell tower 133:Style and remarks 77:"Lombardic" Gothic 62:William Henry Lynn 54:architectural firm 52:, and the leading 44:working mainly in 28: 16:Architectural firm 446: 445: 361:St. Thomas Church 278:Ballymoney Road, 238:, pink and grey" 222:Chester Town Hall 912: 885: 880: 874: 842: 836: 826: 820: 810: 804: 803: 797: 792: 790: 782: 780: 778: 763: 757: 736: 730: 716: 710: 698: 689: 684: 678: 666: 660: 629:Belfast Castle, 627: 621: 607: 601: 585: 579: 571:Christine Casey 569: 563: 562: 560: 558: 548: 540: 534: 518: 512: 509: 503: 493: 395:Dowdstown House 384:foundation stone 373:Victorian Gothic 290:Decorated Gothic 175:Unitarian Church 121: 920: 919: 915: 914: 913: 911: 910: 909: 890: 889: 888: 881: 877: 871:Wayback Machine 856:Wayback Machine 843: 839: 827: 823: 811: 807: 795: 793: 784: 783: 776: 774: 767:"The Architect" 765: 764: 760: 755:Wayback Machine 737: 733: 717: 713: 708:Wayback Machine 699: 692: 685: 681: 676:Wayback Machine 667: 663: 649:Wayback Machine 638:Wayback Machine 628: 624: 608: 604: 586: 582: 570: 566: 556: 554: 550: 547:. 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Belfast Castle
Civil Engineers
Architects
firm
Dublin
Belfast
architectural firm
Charles Lanyon
William Henry Lynn
John Lanyon
partnership
"Lombardic" Gothic
Sinclair Seaman's Presbyterian Church
Venetian Gothic
Newtownards
County Down
Dungannon
County Tyrone
dissolved
Sion Mills
County Tyrone
Ranelagh
Unitarian Church
St. Stephen's Green
obituary
modern Gothic
frontage
St. Andrew's Church
Chester Town Hall

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