1917 – Dickson & Son, Garfield St., Belfast, Co. Antrim
Alex Dickson and Sons was a horticultural business supplying seeds and plants – their first Belfast branch at 55 Royal Avenue before moving to these premises in Garfield Street.
Alex Dickson and Sons was a horticultural business supplying seeds and plants – their first Belfast branch at 55 Royal Avenue before moving to these premises in Garfield Street.
Designed by John Valentine Brennan. Usually his commissions were primarily ecclesiastical, consisting chiefly of work on Roman Catholic churches and parochial houses in the northern half of the island.
After the partition of Ireland with the Government of Ireland Act, 1920,
Constructed in three stages between 1911-22, and later part of a complex, that included the 1930s Orpheus Building,
Opened as the Classic Cinema and renamed after it was taken over by the Gaumont chain. The building included a cafe and dance hall.
Rebuilt between 1921-23. Counters an awkward site with two chamfered corner entrances. Now a branch of Dansk Bank.
An unbuilt proposal by the architect of Belfast’s city hall for an hotel on Donegall Square East.
Classically detailed building with capitals and dentil frieze from the 1920s finished in Faience.
When the First World War ended in 1918 the question arose of a suitable war memorial to Irish Presbyterians who had made the supreme sacrifice –
Gabled, half-timbered-effect block of shops & houses, designed by Charles Macalister for a property developer. Macalister was the son of Alexander Macalister but chiefly involved in housing.
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