1877
Architecture of Belfast
William Batt
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1898 – Midland Hotel, Belfast, Co. Antrim
1877 – Gretton Villas, Nos 128 & 130 Malone Rd., Belfast
Architect: William Batt
Being erected by April 1877, for Robert Atkinson of Beaumont. Finished in red brick with bands of blue Staffordshire brick.Illustration published in The Irish Builder, March 15 1877.
“They are not far from the public road, on a well-elevated site commanding a fine view. The fronts will be faced with best perforated red brick, having arches and bands of blue Staffordshire brick. The interior fittings will be yellow and pitch pine, stained and varnished. A handsome entrance lodge has just been completed, to harmonize with the villas, from designs by the same architect.”