1885 – Robinson & Cleaver Department Store, Belfast
Architect: Young & Mackenzie
Facing City Hall on Donegall Square North and around into Donegall Place,
Facing City Hall on Donegall Square North and around into Donegall Place,
Built to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales in June 1885,
Large complex of building facing a small lake, started in 1859 although a convent had been in operation on this site for some years before.
An earlier church,
Thomas Thompson, a navel surgeon distinguished in the Napoleonic Wars,
This fine building was erected in 1885 as “Thompson House for the Incurables”,
“The new church,
“This villa, which, is almost competed is erected in the best position in this fashionable avenue,
Also known as the “Coke Memorial Church”
Funded by the Marquess of Downshire.