Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
56-58 Donegall Street
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- No type recorded
- Address
- 56-58 Donegall Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT1 2GR, ***See General Comments***
- Council
- Belfast
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.60262, -5.92980
- Date of survey
- 23 April 2013
- HB reference
- HB26/50/063
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Two, three storey houses and shops built in 1793. Pitched slate roof, lined render walls and modern shop fronts. Each house is two square-headed windows wide. Windows 2 pane sashes. Demolished and now site of Writers’ Square.
Historical information
N/A
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Two, three storey houses and shops built in 1793. Demolished and now site of Writers’ Square.
General comments
Partial Survey Only.
Nearby in the register
- Cathedral BuildingsShopunder 1 mi
- The Cathedral Church of St. AnneChurchunder 1 mi
- 113 Royal AvenueOfficeunder 1 mi
- 109-111 Royal AvenueOfficeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.