1879 – Warehouse, Donegall Place, Belfast

Largely built as illustrated in elaborate stucco at 7-9 Donegall Place, the building no longer has the ornamental pediment, but otherwise is in fairly good condition. Built for Messrs. Lindsay Bros. with James Moore as Clerk of Works, and R. Corry as builder. Unsympathetic shopfronts at street level.

“Lindsay Bros., wholesale warehousemen, Belfast. The building contains nearly an acre of floor space. The top floor is to be used for cooking, dining-rooms, &c., for the employes of the firm, and the remainder of the building for warehouse purposes. The enrichments of the front are of terra-cotta, from Messrs. Johnson and Co., Keymer Junction, Susssex. The builder is Mr. Robert Corry, Belfast ; the clerk of the works Mr. Jas. Moore ; and the architect Mr. Robert Watt, of Belfast.” The Building News, February 28 1879.

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