HMP Belfast, also known as Crumlin Road Gaol, is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, colloquially known as the Crum. It ceased to be an operational prison in 1996. It is now a grade A…

Built in 1850, the building, which was designed by Charles Lanyon in the Neoclassical style It was built opposite Crumlin Road Gaol which had opened a few years earlier and to which it was connected by an underground passage. The…

The Crown Liquor Saloon, also known as the Crown Bar, came into being in 1885. Before this date, it had been known as the Railway Tavern. The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen…

The church was built in 1887 as a Presbyterian church. It was designed by architect John Bennie Wilson. Do you want to learn more about the history of Belfast? We pass this site on my Queen’s Quarter Tour!

The Commercial Court in Belfast is not really a court but an entry or alley. It features a public art installation featuring dazzling parasols hanging from above. Today, it is located in the Cathedral Quarter, a popular place for both…

On the 6th March 1914, a group of men, led by Dr. G. Lyttle, met in the Lecture Hall of Malone Presbyterian Church on the corner of Balmoral Avenue and established Balmoral Golf Club. Subscriptions were struck at a guinea…

Commercial Buildings were built in 1819/20 a commercial hotel, spacious and handsome news-room and ‘piazza for the use of merchants’.[1] The building was used to house the printing press of the Northern Whig newspapers until since 1922.[2] The building was…

Clifton Street Graveyard opened in 1797 and was managed by the Belfast Charitable Society. It was built on land donated to the Society by the Marquis of Donegall. In 1799, the Society set aside a portion of land for those…

Originally built as a poor house by the Belfast Charitable Society, Clifton House today houses a heritage centre alongside a residential home and sheltered accommodation apartments. The original building opened in 1774 as venture by the philanthropic Belfast merchants. The Poor House, as…

The Orange Hall in Clifton Street was opened in January 1885. The figure of King William on his horse was added to the top of the building in 1889. From the tip of King Billy’s sword to the ground the…