- Building type: Commercial
- Date of construction: 1869
- Architect: Lanyon, Lynn & Lanyon
- Listing: A
- HB/SMR Ref: HB26/50/015
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Former Water Office (Marks & Spencer), 1 Donegall Square North, Belfast, BT1 5GB
Belfast City
Italian Gothic style 4 storey building with side tower on East façade. Tooled ashlar sandstone quoins and details on doors/windows, stone cornice. Originally had steep pitched roof with dormers and large stone chimneys, all lost in 1941 blitz. Originally Richardson Sons and Owden’s warehouse, later the Water Office and now Marks and Spencers
| Stone Type Category: | Red Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Ballochmoyle Sandstone |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Newry Granodiorite |
| Other Stone Type: | |
| Replacement Stone Type: | Locharbriggs Sandstone |
| Stonework Construction: | Regular-coursed tooled & plain ashlar |
| Stonework Condition: | Sandstone blockwork is in reasonable condition but with some evidence of isolated stone block deterioration and surface loss through flaking and granular disintegration. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 1 |
