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…

Church House in Belfast, is the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. It was built in 1905, in the Gothic style, and opened by the Duke of Argyll. Church House is dominated by a 40m high clock tower, which…

The Church was built in 1833 to accommodate 1,650 people. It has been cited as ‘a fine example of late Georgian Classicism’.[1] Do you want to learn more about the history of Belfast? Let me take you on my Bricks…

The hospital opened in the 1870s. It was founded by charitable subscription and some of the prominent patrons included Lord O’Neill (President), Sir Thomas Dixon (Patron) and Lady Edith Dixon (Patron). From 1897, due to funding problems, the hospital was…

The Belfast Cenotaph was designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas and unveiled in 1929. It is a monument to all those killed from Belfast in the First and Second World War. The memorial includes a central Portland stone monument about…

Castle Buildings were purpose built for silk mercers and milliners C. McCullagh and Co in 1904-05.[1] Built by Blackwood and Jury, they are Belfast’s finest example of Art Noveau.[2] The buildings feature a façade of ‘carraraware’ faience tiles, an irregular…

Designed in the Gothic Revival style by architect W. H. Lynn, it was completed in 1875. The Church is named after the builder James Carlisle’s son to whom he built the church. The church was home to one of the…