Clarendon House, Belfast

Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 27 Apr 2008

Clarendon House (at the corner of Adelaide Street and Franklin Street) began life circa 1970 as the “Silopark” – a multi-storey car park using lifts instead of the now-predominant spiral system. It soon fell victim to an internal car bomb and lay derelict for many years before conversion to an office building. Planning permission has now been sought for a replacement block of eleven storeys. The architect’s drawing shows something more pleasing to the eye. A visitor to the site has supplied some information which confirms that the lifts were maintained in working order for some time after the bomb. The building’s owner became the subject of a corporate insolvency in early 2011.

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