1820 – Northern Whig House, Waring Street, Belfast
Architect is uncertain, but usually attributed to McCutcheon. According to Brett in his Buildings of Belfast,
Architect is uncertain, but usually attributed to McCutcheon. According to Brett in his Buildings of Belfast,
Design entry for new headquarters for the Ulster Banking Company. Published in The Building News, January 21 1859.
Constructed as the headquarters of the Ulster Bank, and now a luxury hotel. Hamilton won the commission after an architectural competition in 1857 that attracted over 50 competitors from across the UK and Ireland.
Unlike many buildings of this era in Belfast, this is still standing today although much altered inside.
Now part of the Merchant Hotel along with the former Ulster Bank headquarters next to it.
The site was formerly occupied by the Queen Anne Hotel and a number of shops which were destroyed by German bombing during the Belfast Blitz in 1941.