This building is the former Belfast store for the clothing store Burtons.
Built in the Art Deco style by Harry Wilson of Leeds, it was constructed in 1931-33.[1]
The three-storey building has a remarkable decorative faïence façade which includes stylised geometric patterning along with the two elephant heads crowning the columns.[2]
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[1] Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.10.
[2] https://www.rsua.org.uk/product/model-citizen-art-deco-elephant-head/ Accessed 26.6.22.