Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB26/50/288

Address :
68-76 North Street Belfast

Townland:

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Survey 2:
D1 Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:

Former Use

Conservation Area:

Industrial Archaeology:

Vernacular:

Thatched:

Monument:

Derelict:

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OS Map No:
130-13

IG Ref:
J3379 7454

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Three storey building built c.1885 in red brick with curved return into Lower Garfield Street, corner turret, tall slender chimneys and irregularly spaced gable dormers. Main ground floor has a well preserved pub frontage with the monogram JD (for John Donnelly who founded The Deer’s Head pub here after the development of Garfield Street c.1885) on a red sandstone escutcheon, and door heads with drapes and vines below scrolled broken pediments. Stone balcony on three corbels at corner of second floor; plain sash windows; small arches break through parapet for rainwater.

Architects

Historical Information

N/A

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Three storey building late Victorian built c.1885 in red brick. Although of some local interest, it is not among the best examples of the type and did not merit a full survey.

General Comments

Date of Survey