1871 – Free Middle Church, Greenock, Scotland
James Smith, minister of the Middle parish,
James Smith, minister of the Middle parish,
Recently given a new glass and steel canopy overhanging a much widened footpath on a mainly pedestrianised street,
Work began in 1867 on what was known as Headley Towers and also,
Originally there was a medieval fortress on the site,
Uncomplete, as the expected donations to complete the spire did not materialise.
Eccles Shorrock & Co., cotton spinners,
Fine Victorian warehouse in brick with stucco decoration.
Loftus Hall is a massive, gaunt, three-storey nine-bay mansion of 1871,
Described in the Irish Builder as ‘notable for the almost total absence of any mere ornamental features’.The Londonderry Academical Institution was established by a body of influential local merchants,
“In no locality within the northern capital are architectural improvements more markedly observable than in Donegall Place.