Belfast City Centre - Spires Centre / Mall
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Belfast City Centre - Spires Centre / Mall by Joseph Mischyshyn as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Belfast City Centre - Spires Centre / Mall
Image: © Joseph Mischyshyn Taken: 23 Sep 2013
Because of a need for an assembly hall, the congregation of the Presbyterian Fisherwick Church agreed to vacate their church in order to build what is now known as Assembly Buildings, which was opened in 1905. It was designed as a Gothic structure in the style of a Scottish baronial castle with a 40 m high clock, a bell tower, and several exquisite stained-glass windows. For almost 80 years, the Assembly Buildings (Church House) operated entirely as headquarters and general assembly of the Presbyterian Church. In 1992, the building took on a commercial persona with a retail facility on the ground floor (Spires Mall) and use of the Main Hall and a ten room suite, able to accommodate up to 1,150 people, as conference venue.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.595949
Longitude
-5.933856