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St Anne’s Cathedral St Anne’s Cathedral 1904 to present - Listed This imposing Hiberno-Romanesque Portland stone cathedral provides the focus for Donegall Street and the Quarter. Deeply recessed Romanesque doors lead into a spacious interior, decorated with stained glass and sculpture by Rosamund Praeger and Morris Harding whose carvings on the capitals represent themes such as womanhood and shipbuilding. By virtue of a special Act of Parliament, Lord Carson lies buried in the South Aisle. The building involved 8 architects over 80 years, starting with Thomas Drew and was constructed around the 1776 Parish Church of St Anne. Services were held in the old church until 1903. The building continues to evolve. Box Architects won the architectural competition to design a new spire. The Brown Linen Hall 1773 - Demolished The Brown Linen Hall on Donegall Street preceded White Linen Hall in Donegall Square, which City Hall then replaced in 1906. In 1771 there were 300 looms in Belfast as linen weaving moved from the country into the town. The unbleached (brown) linen was sold here. 32 St Anne’s Church which once stood on the site of what is now St Anne’s Cathedral Lord Carson who lies buried in the south aisle of St Anne’s Cathedral Thomas Drew Born in Belfast and son of the Rector of Christ Church, Drew was known as a fluent and witty speaker. Knighted in 1900, he died in 1910, not long after the construction of his section of St Anne’s Cathedral.
33 Full house for the Skatelites as part of the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival in Writers’ Square Above and opposite: The former News Letter Building Above the entrance to North Street Arcade Writers’ Square “Writers’ Square has the potential to become a hugely exciting and high profile performance space for the area, as illustrated by performances during the stunning Festival of Fools organised by Belfast Community Circus School.” Heather Floyd, Community Arts Forum The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival takes place in May each year and some great performances have taken place on Writers’ Square. Street performers have dazzled here skipping over quotations about Belfast’s famous writers carved into the stone underfoot. Former News Letter Building 1872 Listed The News Letter was founded in Joy’s Entry 1737 and has the distinction of being the oldest daily newspaper still published in the world. In its early days the paper was an organ of liberal Presbyterianism and later was the voice of Ulster Unionism. This highly ornamented late Victorian Gothic sandstone building by William Hastings has narrow pointed windows, grouped into threes, with columns in between. The central bay has a wrought iron balcony on the first floor and rises up to an octagonal lantern and pyramidal roof. It has rich floral decoration including roses. The roundels contain the heads of literary men and women. Today, the Belfast Telegraph is located on Royal Avenue and the Irish News is nearby at upper Donegall Street. North Street Arcade 1936 Listed The simple, elegant arcade by Cowser and Smyth was “floored in granolithic and had unified shopfronts with bronze trims, green marble plinths and piers. Former News Letter Building, Donegall Street
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Page 21 and 22: 23 Donegall Street Belfast Exposed
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