{"id":2486,"date":"2023-02-16T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2022-12-11T12:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T12:20:25","slug":"castle-buildings-8-18-castle-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/castle-buildings-8-18-castle-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Buildings, 8-18 Castle Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Castle Buildings were purpose built for silk mercers and milliners C. McCullagh and Co in 1904-05.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built by Blackwood and Jury, they are Belfast\u2019s finest example of Art Noveau.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The buildings feature a fa\u00e7ade of \u2018carraraware\u2019 faience tiles, an irregular skyline, Dutch gable and a drum, harking back to the former castle that occupied this site. <a href=\"#_ftn3\" id=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a> T<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">his building was not liked when it appeared.<a href=\"#_ftn4\" id=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a><\/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 this building!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g4ed288\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-g4ed288 gutentor-element gutentor-element-image\"><div class=\"gutentor-element-image-box\"><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20211106_173346.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\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.56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" id=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast, 1700-1914 Revised Edition&nbsp; (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985), p.72.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castle Buildings were purpose built for silk mercers and milliners C. 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