1885 – Royal Triumphal Archway, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Built to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales in June 1885,
Built to commemorate the visit of the Prince of Wales in June 1885,
Thomas Thompson, a navel surgeon distinguished in the Napoleonic Wars,
“This villa, which, is almost competed is erected in the best position in this fashionable avenue,
Belfast’s General Post Office that stood on Royal Avenue,
Church described as being ‘in classic style’
“With this issue we publish a perspective of the new premises in Royal-avenue,
A four storey building of red brick and Dumfries red sandstone constructed for the Evening Telegraph,
The Victorian Tropical Ravine houses a collection of plants in Temperate and Tropical zones,
William Batt had designed several other Orange Halls including the Orange Hall in Clifton Street,
Designed by Scottish architect John Bennie Wilson after an architectural competition to design a new church for the Linen Hall St.