1870 – Belfast Castle, Co. Antrim
The Chichesters (later the Donegalls) lived in England as absentee landlords but came to live at Ormeau at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
The Chichesters (later the Donegalls) lived in England as absentee landlords but came to live at Ormeau at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
From The Builder, April 9, 1870: “The works for the new municipal buildings Belfast Ireland are being energetically forward;
Small country house on what was then outside of Belfast for James Craig, father of the future Lord Craigavon.
Erected in the early 1870s, it was one of the largest Presbyterian churches in all of Ulster.
Constructed as a townhall, with museum and public library, this is a fine building in a French Gothic style with a tall four-storey clock tower.
Now part of the Merchant Hotel along with the former Ulster Bank headquarters next to it.
“The villa which is the subject of our illustration in this number, is to be erected for Mr.
Constructed at the junction of Queen and Mill Streets, demolished in 1915. The arcaded shops were the home of Lennon’s Catholic Repository.
Designs for carved stone pilasters, Baelfast, as published in The Builder, February 18 1871.
“In no locality within the northern capital are architectural improvements more markedly observable than in Donegall Place.
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