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Massive 6 storey premises on corner of Donegall Sq N. Circular clock tower at corner. White Scrabo sandstone for upper floors, Scottish granites for ground floor. Carvings of distinguished clients by Harry Hems, Exeter. Contractor: H. & J. Martin, Belfast. Completed Spring 1888. Cost: almost £50,000. Extended, 1894-1895
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IB 28, 1 Mar 1886, 68; 29, 15 Nov 1887, 325; 30, 15 Mar 1888, 68; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 51 (no. 113(illus.); C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed.,1985), 56-57; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 107-8,112(illus.); Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016),23(illus.),62(illus.),75-80(illus.)246-247(illus.).
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