{"id":2694,"date":"2023-06-06T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/?p=2694"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T12:17:30","slug":"former-richardson-sons-owdens-warehouse-ms-donegall-square-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/06\/former-richardson-sons-owdens-warehouse-ms-donegall-square-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Richardson Sons &#038; Owden\u2019s Warehouse (M&#038;S), Donegall Square North."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designed by W.H Lynn in Venetian Gothic style, it was built between 1867 and 1869.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C.E.B. Brett believed it was Lynn\u2019s \u2018most successful achievement\u2019 resembling a massive merchant\u2019s palazzo.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oscar Wilde thought it was the most beautiful building in Belfast when he gave a lecture in the city in 1884.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" id=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its detailing features a balustrade over the door case, arcades of round headed windows and roundels in the window spandrels.<a href=\"#_ftn4\" id=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lions can be seen on parts of the building which were the Richardson family trademark; they had been in the linen trade since 1780.<a href=\"#_ftn5\" id=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a>Do you want to learn more about the history of Belfast? We pass this site on my <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/architecture-tour\/\">Buildings &amp; Bricks Tour!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g3e8a74\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-g3e8a74 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\/20221105_132204-scaled.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), pp.117-118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> A&nbsp;large,&nbsp;splendid&nbsp;residence&nbsp;or&nbsp;public&nbsp;building,&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;palace&nbsp;or&nbsp;museum. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/palazzo\">https:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/palazzo<\/a> Accessed 25.6.22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> NW, 3.1.1884.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" id=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), pp.117-118.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" id=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), pp.117-118.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designed by W.H Lynn in Venetian Gothic style, it was built between 1867 and 1869.[1] C.E.B. Brett believed it was Lynn\u2019s \u2018most successful achievement\u2019 resembling a massive merchant\u2019s palazzo.[2] Oscar Wilde thought it was the most beautiful building in Belfast when he gave a lecture in the city in 1884.[3] Its detailing features a balustrade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-34"],"blocksy_meta":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220710_172345-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}