Queens Conservation Area: March 1987 - The Planning Service
Queens Conservation Area: March 1987 - The Planning Service
Queens Conservation Area: March 1987 - The Planning Service
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<strong>The</strong> Need for <strong>Conservation</strong> <br />
Methedist Calkge, Itdian Gothic revid style 1845/68.<br />
Architect William F-.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Area</strong> is formed from a combinationof small 9nd<br />
w ewale elements ofarchitmtme which are<br />
suctessfdlyiatntgratedby the recutcent theme oftre~<br />
linedopenspaces and.sffeets. <strong>The</strong> Universityaad<br />
Merhodim College are typical ofthehuge srale listed<br />
buildings and daemua;I set piecesinthe southernpast<br />
of the <strong>Area</strong>. <strong>The</strong>ir hdmped grounds, set againsttbe<br />
backdropo f ~ Gardens, ~ carc complemenaedin the<br />
north, by &e tree lined streets aad urbansplroes<br />
associated with the more domestic scale suchitemre h<br />
Mount Charles, the CresEem anea and Lower University<br />
RC&. Each contributesw a distinctive,casmpditan<br />
and for Belfast, a uniquely attracdveurban mwnscape.<br />
<strong>The</strong> arrM- land towmeape @ties of thc Queen"s<br />
<strong>Area</strong> are evident to all who b w it. At the SUJX<br />
businessactivityand heace;pressure cm its physical d<br />
archirecmdcharacteroonuhw to grow.<strong>The</strong> demand<br />
for oftice, flat, rersiland sewice wmrriodationis<br />
ampondkgly at ahigh level. In addition d c<br />
movementsassociatedwith these uses aadwith the<br />
Universityhave kd to seriouscar parking problems<br />
which add to the presslrrres on the visual and general<br />
d qof theh.<br />
<strong>The</strong> &W of amervationare not confined however, te<br />
keep* areasand buildingspleasant to look at, or asP<br />
recordof someapea of history.<strong>The</strong>y must involve<br />
the continuingHe and function of anam and be<br />
receptive to change.Much of the intrinsic gdrydthe<br />
Queen's Consemation <strong>Area</strong> is productof changing<br />
mial and mmosnicsrtirudesspanning a considemble<br />
pexbd of time. To deny the perpetuationof of pproress<br />
by curtailing newdewlopmeetor insisting on rigid<br />
Iimifatim of mditid designs will only serve to d<br />
intoquestionthe future validiy of such ateas for<br />
residentsand commercialinterests a&.
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