1859 – Design for Ulster Bank Headquarters, Belfast
Design entry for new headquarters for the Ulster Banking Company. Published in The Building News, January 21 1859.
Design entry for new headquarters for the Ulster Banking Company. Published in The Building News, January 21 1859.
The original church on this site was completed in 1860, with additions in 1871 on either side by Luke Macassey.
Constructed as the headquarters of the Ulster Bank, and now a luxury hotel. Hamilton won the commission after an architectural competition in 1857 that attracted over 50 competitors from across the UK and Ireland.
Opened in 1862, by the Ulster Hall Company, the hall’s purpose was to provide the expanding city of Belfast with a multi-purpose venue of sufficient size.
Whiteabbey was the first major stop outside Belfast with the main station building on the up line constructed around 1863 with a canopy added fifty years later.
Still standing today but its successor bank, Dansk, is now next door. Possibly a rework of the old Assembly Rooms on this site.
Originally built as a Linen Warehouse for Moore and Weinberg by Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon in 1864.
Unlike many buildings of this era in Belfast, this is still standing today although much altered inside.
A fine building influenced by the writings of Ruskin and the work of Deane and Woodward.
“The illustration in this number is a design sent in to the recent Albert Memorial Competition in Belfast,
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