The gardens of the Assembly Rooms at The Spa
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The gardens of the Assembly Rooms at The Spa
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 28 Sep 2014
This fine building dates back to the 1840s and was built by the Ker family of innovative local landowners as a ball-room for visitors to the Spa. The building has been variously known as the ball room, the assembly rooms, and the Spa road-house. The Spa was particularly popular with visitors from Belfast from the 1790s. The Spa thrived until the construction in 1869 of a railway from Belfast to the seaside town of Newcastle after which The Spa went into rapid decline. The building now houses a masonic lodge.
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