- Building type: Castle
- Date of construction: 1868
- Architect: John Lanyon
- Listing: B+
- HB/SMR Ref: HB26/51/001
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Belfast Castle, Antrim Road, Belfast
Belfast City
Scottish Baronial style castle, 3 storey plus basement and attic. Scrabo Sandstone with Giffnock dressings and a rock-faced basalt plinth. 1894 Italian style serpentine staircase to garden front. NW corner has substantial 5 storey plus attic ‘tower house’ with corner turrets, machicolation and stepped gables
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Scrabo Sandstone |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Giffnock Sandstone |
| Other Stone Type: | Basalt |
| Replacement Stone Type: | Blaxter Sandstone |
| Stonework Construction: | Un-coursed rock-faced rubble |
| 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 |
