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Home for the Blind

  •   26-30 Cliftonville Road, Belfast, BT14 6JY

Neo-classical style 3 storey plus basement houses with Greek Revival motifs. Doric order columns to entrance porches. Very large mutuled eaves. Hipped slate roof. Ground floor bay window on right side at front. Painted. Originally 3 houses in a unified group, then the Home for the Blind, now apartments owned by ‘Hearth’.

Stone Information

  • Stone Type Category :
  • Primary Stone:
  • Stonework Construction:
    Not known
  • Condition Assessment (QUB):
    Stage 1 – A façade in this condition will only require localised remedial treatment concentrating on individual blocks. Stage 1 classification may also indicate that no intervention is needed with only periodic re-assessment of the façade is recommended.
  • OS Irish Grid (Easting):
    333189
  • OS Irish Grid (Northing):
    375977

Architect Information

  • Building Type:
  • Date of construction:
    1831
  • Architect:
    Thomas Jackson
  • Listing:
    B+
  • HB/SMR Ref:
    HB26/43/002 A
  • 2nd survey by EHS:
    Yes

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