SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic, or Steam Ship Nomadic, was a tender to the Olympic class liners of the cruise ship operators The White Star Line. This company operated the famous Titanic along with the other ships in its class, the Britannic and…
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Spanish Civil War Memorial, Writers Square
Monument to the people of Belfast who joined the XV International Brigade to fight Fascism in the Spanish Civil War 1936 – 1939. It is located in Writers’ Square and commemorates the 48 Catholics and Protestants served side by side…
Scottish Provident Institution, 1-11 Donegall Square West
This building was constructed by Young & McKenzie between 1897 and 1902 as purpose built office units and retail outliets and retains that function today.[1] It was built on the site of former linen warehouses and the Donegall Hotel.[2] It…
Scottish Temperance Assurance Buildings, Donegall Square South
The Scottish Temperance Assurance Buildings was constructed as office buildings on the site of an old linen warehouse. It was designed by Henry Seaver and completed in 1904. C.E.B Brett described it as being styled with the ‘free treatment of…
Belfast Coat of Arms
The arms were officially granted today in 1890 (30 June). The wolf-is taken from the arms of Sir Arthur Chichester, the founder of Belfast, who obtained the city’s charter from English King James I in 1613. The ship tells of…