{"id":2440,"date":"2023-01-21T11:05:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2022-12-11T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T11:08:57","slug":"belfast-central-library-royal-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/21\/belfast-central-library-royal-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast Central Library, Royal Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Belfast Central Library was opened in 1888. It was designed by William Henry Lynn through open public competition.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has design features that are classical and Italianate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has a squat square appearance with Corinthian column pilasters that give it the appearance of a Greek temple.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also has grand Palazzo appearance, suggesting a grand purpose, projecting eaves from a flat roof, tall first floor windows suggesting a&nbsp;\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piano_nobile\">piano nobile<\/a>\u2019, a \u2018noble\u2019 floor where official business is transacted, quoins, masonry&nbsp;blocks at the corner of a wall, a portico and flat roof. It has a black&nbsp;granite&nbsp;base and is made of Dumfries&nbsp;red&nbsp;sandstone.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" id=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a fine example of the many public municipal buildings that dominated British and Irish Victorian cities in the later 19th century and was seen as a symbol of public service, spreading knowledge and Victorian self-improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you want to learn more about the history of Belfast? Let me take you on my <a href=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/architecture-tour\/\">Bricks and Buildings Tour<\/a> that includes visiting the Library!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.289.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast, 1700-1914 Revised Edition&nbsp; (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985), p.63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_Central_Library\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Belfast_Central_Library<\/a> Accessed 26.6.22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belfast Central Library was opened in 1888. 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