Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Telephone Exchange
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Former Telephone Exchange, Bridge House, Paulett Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, BT5 4HD, **See General comments**
- Council
- Belfast
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.59566, -5.90288
- Date of survey
- 27 July 2011
- HB reference
- HB26/08/020
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1794 · Sheet 55. (Cary's England, Wales, and Scotland). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A plainly detailed twentieth century telephone exchange located on Paulett Avenue in east Belfast. Much altered with few original elements remaining. This building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey..
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
A plainly detailed twentieth century telephone exchange located on Paulett Avenue in east Belfast. Much altered with few original elements remaining. This building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
General comments
A plainly detailed twentieth century telephone exchange located on Paulett Avenue in east Belfast. Much altered with few original elements remaining. This building was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the building is not worthy of a full survey.
Nearby in the register
- First Ballymacarrett Presbyterian Lecture HallHallunder 1 mi
- Orange HallHallunder 1 mi
- First Ballymacarrett Presbyterian ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Mountpottinger National SchoolsSchoolunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.