Operation Banner Memorial, Belfast City Hall Gardens This small sculptural bench was placed here in memory of the service men and women who served as part of Operation Banner. This was the operational name for the British Armed Forces’ deployment…
It was built for the Northern Bank between 1884-85.[1] Designed by John Lanyon, son of the famous Charles, Belfast architecture commentator C.E.B. Brett described the work as ‘perhaps John Lanyon’s most successful work’.[2] The structure is of Italianate design, featuring…
Out yesterday on a Bricks&Buildings tour looking at the religious, municipal and commercial architecture of the Belfast’s city centre. Walk was delivered as part of the QUB Open Learning Spring Term (OLE3147 – Five Walks Through Belfast’s History). Lovely weather!
The SSE Arena, Belfast is owned by the Odyssey Trust Company. It has a capacity of 10,800, and since its opening in 2000 seen over 2,000 performances and that were attended by around 9m people.[1] The display area is a…
This office block was built for the Ocean Accident Guarantee Corporation by Young & Mackenzie from 1899 to 1902.[1] It is constructed in a perpendicular style in red Ballochmoyle sandstone.[2] It is Gothic Revival styled building that C.E.B. Brett described…
Murray, Sons and Company Ltd began trading in Belfast in 1810, and became a limited company in 1884. By 1921, it shared most of the Belfast manufacture of tobacco, cigarettes and snuff with Gallaher Limited, who had moved to Belfast…
The Church was purpose built for a Moravian congregation in 1871, fashioned in the Gothic style.[1] The Moravian Church is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation of the 15th century. Moravia is…
This bronze statue by Ross Wilson was erected in 2010 close to the former site of Ewarts’ Mill and the Edenderry Mill on the Crumlin Road, Belfast. The statue pays tribute to Belfast’s female linen mill workers; they were known…
The former (listed) Methodist church was designed by architect W.J. Barre in the 1860s.[1] Its architectural style has been as having a red brick “Lombard-Venetian-Romanesque” campanile and being deeply of the Italianate style so popular with the Victorians. Do you…
The Merchant Hotel is now a five-star luxury hotel; originally the building was the headquarters of the Ulster Bank. The building is in the Italianate style and is a fine example of high Victorian architecture. It features sculptures depicting Commerce,…
