1814 – Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, Co. Antrim
The Institution was founded by the public subscription of the citizens of Belfast in the early years of the nineteenth century.
The Institution was founded by the public subscription of the citizens of Belfast in the early years of the nineteenth century.
Architect is uncertain, but usually attributed to McCutcheon. According to Brett in his Buildings of Belfast,
Fine three storey residence with multiple bowed bays overlooking Lough Neagh.
The Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland of 1835 described it “About 70 years ago Langford Lodge was a fishing lodge,
Described by J.P. Neale in the second edition of Views of Seats ‘The gate house, leading from the town of Antrim to the Castle court has also been added by the present possessor,
Opened 20 Sep 1827. Demolished to make way for Presbyterian Assembly building. Described in The Dublin Penny Journal,
Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, Views in Belfast (1833), as “Is raised on framed foundations.
Bank constructed around 1829 for the Belfast Savings Bank Co. Demolished 1941.
Designed to accommodate 1650 people, consecrated 25 July 1833, and closed June 1993. After lying redundant for several years,
Blore was reponsible for alterations and enlarging of House for 1st Lord Templetown in 1836-37. There is a fine mausoleum by Robert Adam in the graveyard from 1789.
The original house was designed by Blore in a Tudor Revival style. In October 1836 he visited the estate “to examine the House and advise with Mr.