The Diamond Derry

1622 – Exchange or Market House, Derry

Originally erected by the London Corporation at a cost of over 500 pounds after a decision taken in 1616 that “a market house and a town house should be erected in Derry,

1692 – Exchange, Derry, Co. Derry

Architect: Captain Francis Neville

Built to replace the Exchange of 1622, which was largely destroyed during the Siege of Derry.

1899 – No.2 Butcher St., Derry

Architect: Forman & Aston

On the corner of Butcher Street and the Diamond a premises planned for the Misses Hegarty by architects Forman and Aston.

1906 – Austin’s Department Store, Derry

Architect: M.A. Robinson

A most imposing 5 storey Edwardian building with its conglomeration of large windows, columns, pedestals, balconies and a copper roofed cupola.

1906 – Proposal for Carnegie Library, Derry

Architect: M.A. Robinson

Unbuilt proposal for a new Carnegie Library in the Diamond on the site of the former Townhall which had been destroyed in a fire.

1927 – War Memorial, The Diamond, Derry

Architect: Vernon March

Vernon March was an English sculptor, of Farnborough, Kent, who designed and made the bronze figures of Victory,