I just returned from Halloween in Edinburgh, an amazing city and one that really seems to relish its darker side.  Home of the no...

Belfast’s Masonic buildings have long been on my wanted list for this blog. They seem to be the very definition of ‘Hidden Belfast’. Buildi...

This Saturday ( 11 th ) is “European Heritage Open Day”.  It aims to provide access to many of the buildings we walk past everyday in Bel...

As with the Crumlin Road Courthouse and many other Belfast buildings of note Crumlin Road Jail was built by Sir Charles Lanyon. The prison w...

The Crumlin Road Courthouse was designed by the architect Sir Charles Lanyon and completed in 1850 at a cost of £16,500 and is situated f...

Ross’s Auctions has occupied this slightly strange Grade B listed building for the past 75 years in the centre of Belfast, I’m ...