1906 – City Hall, Donegall Square, Belfast
In 1888 Queen Victoria gave the town of Belfast the status of City. In response the citizens built the magnificent City Hall which today dominates the heart of Belfast.
In 1888 Queen Victoria gave the town of Belfast the status of City. In response the citizens built the magnificent City Hall which today dominates the heart of Belfast.
Sculpted by Frederick Pomeroy and assisted by Sir Alfred Thomas Brumwell,
The Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965.
An imposing Italian marble entrance leads to the Edwardian Ballroom, which former poet laureate Sir John Betjeman described as “magnificent”.
Now known as SKF, it was founded in Gothenburg, Sweden by Sven Wingqvist, inventor of the double row self-aligning ball bearing.
An unbuilt proposal by the architect of Belfast’s city hall for an hotel on Donegall Square East.
In the grounds of City Hall, also by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, the cenotaph was unveiled in 1929.
A new UAHS publication by Paul Larmour aims to be much more than the history of a remarkable project and a guide to the building –