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1892 – 2nd Presbyterian Church, Saintfield, Co. Down
Architect: Vincent Craig

Built on the site of an earlier meetinghouse by an unknown architect, the church by Vincent Craig, (his brother was later first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland) is like much of his work, slightly eccentric. Eschewing the paired o
https://www.archiseek.com/2nd-presbyterian-church-saintfield-co-down/
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1956 – Civic Centre, Holywood, Co. Down
Architect: Munce & Kennedy

Civic centre including library, a maternity and child welfare clinic, council chamber, and a public hall for 500 designed in the late 1940s for Holywood Co. Down. Built in two stages. According to The Builder "The immediate problem was one of circulation and access, and
https://www.archiseek.com/1956-civic-centre-holywood-co-down/
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1956 – Civic Centre, Holywood, Co. Down
Architect: Munce & Kennedy

Civic centre including library, a maternity and child welfare clinic, council chamber, and a public hall for 500 designed in the late 1940s for Holywood Co. Down. Built in two stages. According to The Builder "The immediate problem was one of circulation and access, and
https://www.archiseek.com/1956-civic-centre-holywood-co-down/
#ArchitectureOfDown #1956 #CoDown #Holywood #MunceKennedy #MunicipalBuildings

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. The station at Newcastle is a
https://www.archiseek.com/2024/1905-former-railway-station-newcastle-co-down/
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