1610 – Belfast Castle, Belfast, Co. Antrim
John de Courcy built a castle on what is now Castle Street in the city centre in the 12th century. By the early 17th century when Sir Arthur Chichester,
Architecture of Belfast
Belfast, on the banks of the Lagan is the primary city in Northern Ireland.
1665 – Market House, High Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Belfast’s first market house of 1665 was located at the corner of High Street next to Cornmarket. According to an 1823 published history of Belfast,
1755 – Belvoir Park, Newtownbreda, Co. Down
Architect: Christopher Myers / William J. Barre
A Georgian house for Arthur Hill, later Viscount Dungannon, which was added to the North end of an earlier house.
1769 – Exchange and Assembly Rooms, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Sir Robert Taylor
In 1769, the Earl of Donegall, celebrating the birth of his son George Augustus, paid £4,000 for the building of a single storey building called “The Exchange”
1774 – Clifton House, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Robert Mylne / Robert Joy
Built in 1774 by Belfast Charitable Society, the building was used until the late 1880’s as Belfast’s Poor House.
1776 – St Anne’s Church, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Francis Hiorne
Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, Views in Belfast (1833) as “This church is situated in Donegal-street.
1785 – Castleton House, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Also known as Jennymount, the residence of the Thomson family, prominent local merchants and bankers. Demolished to make way for the Mountcollyer and Crosscollyer streets in the 1890s.
1785 – White Linen Hall, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Architect: Roger Mulholland
Large building with enclosed square for the selling of what was then Belfast’s most important product.
1790 – Meeting-House, Rosemary Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Dr. Drummond’s Meeting-House, Second Congregation, Rosemary Street, was built 1790, and demolished 1964. It is believed that architect Francis Hiorne (1744-89) who designed St.
1796 – Parkmount House, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Described in the 1820s as “The finest house on this road, or perhaps in the parish, is Parkmount, built by the late Mr Cairns,
