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Adelaide Park, BELFAST, BT9 6FZ

MacNeice House, 77 Malone Road, Belfast, is one of the finest old properties in the area. It is now converted to offices for use by, among others, the Arts Council Northern Ireland. A more modern extension joins the house with the address 75 Malone Road and houses more offices. The description below is taken from http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/departs/all/report/MacNeice%20House%20doc.pdf MacNeice House - the current home of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland at 77 Malone Road - is an imposing double-fronted Victorian merchant’s villa dating from 1889. Designed by the Belfast architect Samuel Stevenson for James Johnston, a successful tea merchant who owned much of the surrounding area, in many ways it is typical of the substantial late-nineteenth century houses which were built for the wealthy industrialists and entrepreneurs of Belfast who, from the 1850s, began to favour the airy Malone ridge over the crowded centre of the burgeoning industrial town.

See Image (March 2008). Once occupied by a director of Barbour’s Mill, Hilden http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2421412. Later the residence (Aquinas Hall) of the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore. More recently offices for the Arts Council NI and now the Chinese Consulate Image Not listed.

'Vote Leave' on a lamppost, Adelaide Park, Belfast.

KX100 telephone box, opposite Beechlands, on the Malone Road. Previously seen in Image (October 2009).

See Image The former Malone Guest House, 79 Malone Road, now with an “agreed” sign. A site with development potential - subject to planning (layman’s opinion!).

Ornamental gate pillars at “Benview” (also referred to as “Benvue”), 75 Malone Road – a villa built before 1877 for Robert Corry, shipowner and timber merchant. Now occupied by the Arts Council for NI.

See Image The name plate on the gate.

The south eastern end of the new development, well screened by the summer trees.

The completed development seen from the Malone Road side.

A former guest house now offered for sale. The agent’s description includes: “Malone Guest House is a fine example of late 19th century architecture which gives the Malone Road and surrounding leafy avenues their distinct character. It has been lavishly maintained and extended in its current ownership and retains many original features.” This photograph appears as a matter of record only. I have no connection with any of the parties involved in the sale. Continue to Image