1869 – Villa, Dundela, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: William Hastings
Published in The Irish Builder, March 15 1869: “Amongst the many improvements around the metropolis of the North of Ireland,
Published in The Irish Builder, March 15 1869: “Amongst the many improvements around the metropolis of the North of Ireland,
Constructed of sandstone as a memorial to Queen Victoria’s late Prince Consort,
The Chichesters (later the Donegalls) lived in England as absentee landlords but came to live at Ormeau at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Small country house on what was then outside of Belfast for James Craig,
Still standing and largely intact today,
From The Builder, April 9,
Recently renovated,
This area of Belfast underwent rapid expansion during the middle to late 19th century –
Erected in the early 1870s,
Constructed as a townhall, with museum and public library,