1864 – Belfast Banking Co., Ballymoney, Co. Antrim
Architect: James McNea
Still standing today but its successor bank,
Still standing today but its successor bank,
The Dublin architect John McCurdy was responsible for rebuilding Dromantine House in the Italian Renaissance style in the 1860s.
Sited on Donegall Square facing the dominant City Hall,
Originally built as a Linen Warehouse for Moore and Weinberg by Lanyon,
Quaker meeting house built of Bessbrook granite at the expense of John Grubb Richardson.
Unlike many buildings of this era in Belfast,
The original castle of Ballymena was built in the early 17th century,
A fine building by W.H.
The church is situated opposite the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St.
“The illustration in this number is a design sent in to the recent Albert Memorial Competition in Belfast,