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Architectural Information
  • Building type: Residential Home
  • Date of construction: 1856
  • Architect: Thomas Jackson
  • Listing: B
  • HB/SMR Ref: HB26/12/005
  • 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Former Glenmachon Tower Hotel, Glenmachan Road, Belfast

Belfast City

Former Glenmachon Tower Hotel, Glenmachan Road, Belfast

Italianate style 2 storey house with a 3 storey attached tower at the North end. Large rounded arch doorway with surround and keystone, chamfered quoins. Top storey of tower is octagonal with narrow windows. A mixture of rounded arch and square-topped windows, heavily covered in ivy

Building Stone Information

Stone Type Category: Buff-Pink Sandstone
Primary Stone Type: Scrabo Sandstone
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Stonework Construction: Coursed plain ashlar
Stonework Condition: Standing stonework is in reasonably good condition with minimal evidence of block deterioration although significant portions of the facades are obscured by ivy.
Condition Assessment (QUB): 1

 

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