Case Studies

The case studies below demonstrate the range of challenges facing those who wish to preserve and maintain Ulster’s architectural heritage.

They include successes, failures and instances where a building’s fate hangs in the balance.

20 Scroggy Road

Location: 20 Scroggy Road, Glenavy, Co. Antrim

Built: 1820

Architect: Not Known

Type: Other

Council: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

Status: Saved

Annahilt Almshouses

Location: 181–197 Magheraconluce Road, Annahilt, County Down

Built: 1833

Architect: Not Known

Type: Farm/Outbuilding

Council: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Status: Saved

Ardglass Bathing House

Location: Ardglass, Co. Down

Built: 1830

Architect: Not Known

Type: Other

Council: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Status: Saved

Armagh Gaol

Location: Armagh City

Built: 1809

Architect: Thomas Cooley

Type: Other

Council: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Status: At Risk

Assembly Rooms

Location: Belfast

Built: 1769

Architect: Unknown. Alterations by Sir Robert Taylor (1776), Charles Lanyon (1845), W. H. Lynn (1895), Tulloch & Fitzsimons (1919), G. P. & R. H. Bell (1956)

Type: Other

Council: Belfast City Council

Status: Listed, At Risk, At Danger from Development

Bangor Petty Sessions Court House

Location: Bangor

Built: 1866

Architect: Unknown (the most likely designer is James McNea)

Type: Other

Council: Ards and North Down Borough Council

Status: Listed, Saved

Bendhu

Location: Ballintoy

Built: 1936

Architect: Newton Penprase

Type: Other

Council: Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Status: Saved

Bloomhill Gate Lodge

Location: Dungannon

Built: Not Known

Architect: Not Known

Type: Other

Council: Mid Ulster District Council

Status: Listed, Saved

Carnegie Oldpark Library

Location: Oldpark Road, Belfast

Built: 1906

Architect: Watt and Tulloch

Type: Other

Council: Belfast City Council

Status: Listed, At Risk

Charles Sheils Houses

Location: Killough

Built: 1868

Architect: Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon; with later additions by Young and Mackenzie

Type: Other

Council: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Status: Listed, Saved