Numbers 95-101 was constructed nine years later (1935) and was also designed by Scott. It features an Art Deco geometric faience fa\u00e7ade with a clock face pediment and with letters Ss set in recesses between fluted columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This building is interesting as it shows two phases of Art Deco development with neo-classical influences. It is also has clean lines, minimal ornamentation and understated decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The building was awarded Grade B+ listed status on 10 February 1989. In Northern Ireland buildings are listed Grade A, Grade B+, Grade B1 and B2. Grade A is the highest, and is equivalent to Grade I listing in England and Wales. Grade B+ is equivalent to Grade II* listed status, while Grade B1 and B2 correspond with Grade II listed status.[3]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>Do you want to learn more about the history of Belfast? We can pass this site on my <\/a>Buildings & Bricks Tour!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n [1]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.284.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [2]<\/a> Marcus Patton, Central Belfast, An Historical Gazetteer (Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society), p.284.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [3]<\/a> http:\/\/www.modernistbritain.co.uk\/post\/building\/Sinclairs+Department+Store\/<\/a> Accessed 25.6.22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This site was the home of Sinclair\u2019s department store and was built in two phases. Number 89-93 was constructed in 1926 using faience (glazed ceramic ware) in the art deco style building.[1] Designed by James Scott, it features giant ionic order pilasters with horizontal fenestration and central laurel drops in a classical style.[2] It has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2743,"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-2742","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\/20220622_180053-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742","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=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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