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Belfast City HallBelfast City Hall · Photo: Giorgio Galeotti · CC BY 4.0
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History of Belfast · HED

1,287 listed buildings, 44 of them in the top grade

We have photos of 81 of its listed buildings and 8 old views of the town. On the HED list, all of them stand inside Belfast’s settlement, 44 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 24 scheduled monuments.

44Grade A97Grade B+1823old map24scheduled monuments43on McMaster Street
Listed buildings
1,287
44 per 10,000 residents
Grade A
44
exceptional interest
Grade B+
97
more than special interest
Scheduled monuments
24
17 registered parks & gardens
In pictures

Belfast in 93 photos and old views

Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Stormont CastleStormont CastleGrade A listedThe Cathedral Church of St. AnneThe Cathedral Church of St. AnneGrade A listedTen Square HotelTen Square HotelGrade B listedUlster Bank, (Former Methodist Church)Ulster Bank, (Former Methodist Church)Grade B listedMays ChambersMays ChambersGrade B listed+88See all photos

Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.

Through time

Belfast from 1823 to 1918

An old map and 8 old photos and postcards, in date order. All public domain, made before 1950.

NEW CORRECT PLAN OF THE TOWN OF BELFASTc. 1823
Old mapNEW CORRECT PLAN OF THE TOWN OF BELFASTMap: British Library · Public domain
Belfast Street Tramways, horse tram at York Street approx. 18701870
VictorianBelfast Street Tramways, horse tram at York Street approx. 1870Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Donegall Place, Belfast1880s
VictorianDonegall Place, BelfastPhoto: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland · No restrictions
High Street, Belfast1880s
VictorianHigh Street, BelfastPhoto: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland · No restrictions
Donegall Square North, Belfast by Robert John Welch-2 (grayscale, cropped)c. 1896
VictorianDonegall Square North, Belfast by Robert John Welch-2 (grayscale, cropped)Photo: Robert Welch · Public domain
Linenhall Library, Belfast1900s
VictorianLinenhall Library, BelfastPhoto: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland · No restrictions
Belfast. Cave Hill1903
EdwardianBelfast. Cave HillPhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Belfast. Queen's College1903
EdwardianBelfast. Queen's CollegePhoto: Unknown photographer · Public domain
Donegall Square North, Belfast, August 1918c. 1918
Between the warsDonegall Square North, Belfast, August 1918Photo: Alexander Hogg · Public domain

Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server. Each credit opens the image’s page with its full description and history.

The map

Where Belfast’s history is

Every Grade A and B+ building, monument and historic park.

Alexandra Park, historic park, garden or demesneBelfast Castle, historic park, garden or demesneBellevue (Belfast Zoo), historic park, garden or demesneBotanic Gardens Park (Belfast), historic park, garden or demesneClifton House, historic park, garden or demesneCranmore, historic park, garden or demesneDrumglass, historic park, garden or demesneDunville Park, historic park, garden or demesneFalls Park, historic park, garden or demesneGLENCAIRN and FERNHILL, historic park, garden or demesneGlenbank, historic park, garden or demesneGroup of Contiguous Sites, historic park, garden or demesneGrovelands Garden (Musgrave Park), historic park, garden or demesneOrmeau (Park), historic park, garden or demesneStormont Castle and Parliament Buildings, historic park, garden or demesneStranmillis House (College), historic park, garden or demesneWoodvale Park, historic park, garden or demesneArtillery fort: Fort William, Skegoneill, scheduled monumentChimeny Stack, Edenderry, scheduled monumentChimney Stack 'Sirocco Chimney', Ballymacarrett, scheduled monumentChimney Stack (Formerly of steam mill), Town Parks (Belfast), scheduled monumentChimney Stack at Monarch Street, Malone Lower, scheduled monumentChimney Stack, Malone Lower, scheduled monumentChimney stack (formerly of Prospect Flax Mill), Town Parks (Belfast), scheduled monumentChimney stack, Edenderry, scheduled monumentCivil Defence Sub Control Bunker, Ballycloghan, scheduled monumentFundamental Bench Mark, Skegoneill, scheduled monumentGRAVEYARD & CHURCH SITE: FRIAR'S BUSH, CAPELLA DE KILPATRICK, Malone Lower, scheduled monumentGeorgian Glassworks, Ballymacarrett, scheduled monumentGraving Dock, "Ritchie's Dock", Town Parks, scheduled monumentGraving Dock, Town Parks, scheduled monumentHamilton Graving Dock, Queens Island, scheduled monumentLAGAN NAVIGATION REACH 1, Malone Lower, scheduled monumentLock on Lagan Navigation. 'McConnells Lock', Ballynafoy/Malone Lower, scheduled monumentMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (SHANKILL GRAVEYARD) with BULLAUN & HOLY WELL: THE WHITE CHURCH, Edenderry, scheduled monumentMotte 'Shandon Park Motte', Knock, scheduled monumentThompson and Alexandra Docks, Queens Island, scheduled monumentTravelling cranes and building docks. 'Samson' and 'Goliath', Queen's Island, scheduled monumentTwin slipways of the Titanic and Olympic ships, Queens Island, scheduled monumentWWII PILLBOX, Ballymacarrett, scheduled monument17th century house: Cranmore, Malone Upper (Belfast), scheduled monumentAdministration and drawing office block (Harland & Wolff), Grade B+Albert Bridge, Grade B+Alfred House, Grade B+All Souls Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church, Grade B+Bank of Ireland, Grade B+Bank of Ireland, Grade B+Blythefield Primary School, Grade B+Boer War Monument, Grade B+Carlisle Memorial Methodist Church, Grade B+Carnegie Building, Grade B+Catholic Chaplaincy QUB, 28-38 Elmwood Avenue, Belfast, BT9 6AY, Grade B+Chapel, St Malachy's College, Grade B+Christian Science Church, Grade B+Church House and Assembly Hall, Grade B+Cliftonville Primary School, Grade B+College of Technology, Grade B+Conservatory Cottages, Grade B+Crescent Arts Centre, Grade B+Custom House, Grade B+Danesfort, 120 Malone Road, Grade B+Duncairn Presbyterian Church (Deconsecrated), Grade B+Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3SU, Grade B+First Trust Bank, Grade B+Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Grade B+Fortwilliam & Macrory Presbyterian Church, Grade B+Fountain, Dunville Park, Grade B+Front of Original Hospital, Grade B+Graymount House, Grade B+Henry Garrett Building, Grade B+Holy Cross Church, Grade B+Kelvin Monument, Grade B+Linen Hall Library, Grade B+Main Entrance, Grade B+Malmaison Hotel, Grade B+Masonic Building, Grade B+Masonic Hall, Grade B+Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Grade B+Meter House, The Gasworks, Grade B+Mountpottinger Methodist Church, Grade B+Nettlefield Primary School, Grade B+Orange Hall, Clifton Street, Grade B+Ormeau Baths Gallery, Grade B+Ormiston, Hawthornden Road, Grade B+Presbyterian Church, Grade B+Queen's Bridge, Grade B+Queens University of Belfast, Grade B+Rathmore Grammar School, Grade B+Riddel Building, Grade B+Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Grade B+Sinclair Seamen's Presbyterian Church, Grade B+St George's Market, Grade B+St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Donegall Street, Grade B+St Peter's Church of Ireland, Grade B+St. Clement's Church of Ireland, Grade B+St. Judes Parish Church of Ireland Hall, Grade B+St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church, Grade B+St. Molua's Church of Ireland Church, Grade B+St. Thomas' C of I Rectory, Grade B+St. Thomas' Church, Grade B+Stormont Castle, Grade B+Strandtown Primary School, Grade B+Sydenham Primary School, Grade B+Templemore Swimming Baths, Grade B+Tesco, 2 Royal Avenue, Grade B+The Court-House, Grade B+Titanic Memorial, Grade B+Transport House, Grade B+Ulster Bank, 142-146 Albertbridge Road, Grade B+Ulster Reform Club, Grade B+Ulster Volunteer Hospital, Grade B+Walton House, Grade B+Warehouse at 42 Waring Street ('Cotton Court'), Grade B+Whitehall Tobacco Works, Grade B+Whitla Hall, Queens University of Belfast, Grade B+YMCA Building, Grade B+1 Sans Souci Lane, Grade B+1-3 Donegall Square East and 1-5 Chichester St. Belfast, Grade B+11 Chichester Street, Grade B+11 Upper Crescent, Grade B+13 Upper Crescent, Grade B+16 Upper Crescent, Grade B+17 Bedford Street, Grade B+2-4 Mount Charles, Grade B+23 Adelaide Park, Grade B+26-30 Cliftonville Road, Grade B+28 Cadogan Park, Grade B+3 Sans Souci Lane, Grade B+33 Massey Avenue, Grade B+46 Myrtlefield Park, Grade B+5 Waterloo Park, Grade B+56-58 Donegall Place, Grade B+7 Chichester Street, Grade B+7 Upper Crescent, Grade B+7 Walnut Court, Grade B+9 Chichester Street, Grade B+9 Upper Crescent, Grade B+9A Ascot Gardens, Grade B+Albert Clock, Grade AAssembly's College, Grade AAvoniel Primary School, Grade ABelfast City Hall, Grade ABelfast Harbour Office, Grade ACenotaph & Garden of Remembrance, Grade ACentral Library, Grade AClarendon Building, Clarendon Quay, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT1 3AL, Grade AClifton House, Grade AClonard Church, Grade ACrown Bar Liquor Saloon, Grade ACrumlin Road, Grade AElmgrove Primary School, Grade AElmwood Hall, Grade AFirst Marquis of Dufferin Memorial, Grade AFirst Presbyterian Church, Grade AGate Lodge, Gates and Screens Stormont Estate, Grade AGate Lodge, Stormont Estate, Grade AKing's Bridge, Grade ALord Carson Memorial Statue Stormont Estate, Grade AMAIN FRONT BLOCK Lanyon Building, Great Hall, Physics Department, Lanyon building tower, Grade AMain Building, Grade AMay Street Presbyterian Church, Grade AMerchant Hotel, Grade AOld Museum Buildings, Grade AParliament Buildings, Grade APost Box, Outside 20 Derryvolgie Avenue, Grade APost Box, Outside No. 73 Ulsterville Ave, Grade APost Box, Windsor Park (facing Windsor Court), Grade APost box, Agincourt Avenue, near corner of Rugby Road, Grade ARoyal Courts of Justice, Grade AScottish Provident Building, Grade ASt George's Church, Grade ASt Malachy's Church, Grade ASt Marks Church, Grade ASt. Matthew's Church of Ireland, Grade ASt.Peter's Cathedral, Grade AStormont Castle, Grade AThe Cathedral Church of St. Anne, Grade AThe Gas Office, Grade AThe Grand Opera House, Grade AThe Palm House, Grade AUlster Hall, 1-7 Bedford Street, Grade AVictoria Monument, Grade A
Grade AGrade B+Scheduled monumentPark or garden400 m from Victoria Monument
12 of 44Grade A buildings stand within 400 m of Victoria Monument, a five-minute walk. So do 125 of the 1,287 listed buildings.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

1,287 listed buildings by grade
44 Grade A97 Grade B+1,146 Grade B

The Department for Communities lists buildings of special architectural or historic interest in Northern Ireland in three main grades: Grade A for buildings of the greatest importance (about 2.4% of listed buildings), Grade B+ for buildings of particular quality or interest (about 7.4%), and Grade B, with B1 and B2, for buildings of special interest (about 90%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on the Department for Communities’ Historic Buildings Record whose point lies inside NISRA’s settlement development limit (2015). One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings.

Grade A

The 44 Grade A listed buildings in Belfast

Buildings of the greatest importance, about 2.4% of all listed buildings; 12 of these stand within 400 m of Victoria Monument. 29 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

HouseAlbert ClockQueens SquarePhoto: Aurelio Llorente · CC BY-SA 3.0
PublicAssembly's College(Theological College Of Presbyterian Church)Photo: Slowtech2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
PublicCentral Library126 Royal Avenue, BelfastPhoto: Nigel Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0
HouseClifton House2 North Queen Street, BelfastPhoto: Portwilliamborn · CC BY-SA 4.0
PublicElmwood HallElmwood AvenuePhoto: Slowtech2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Walls & gatesKing's BridgeStranmillis/Annadale EmbankmentPhoto: Slowtech2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
HouseMain BuildingStranmillis CollegePhoto: Slowtech2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Inns & shopsMerchant HotelWaring StreetPhoto: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.0
HouseThe Palm HouseBotanic GardensPhoto: Merville Garden Village · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grade B+

The 97 Grade B+ listed buildings in Belfast

Buildings of particular quality or interest. 49 are photographed.

Walls & gatesAlbert BridgeAlbertbridge Road/East Bridge StreetPhoto: Paul McIlroy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inns & shopsBank of Ireland92–100 Royal Avenue, BelfastPhoto: Rdfallis · CC BY-SA 4.0
PublicCustom HouseCustom House SquarePhoto: Albert Bridge · CC BY-SA 2.0
Show the other 85
Inns & shopsFirst Trust Bank4 Queen’s Square, BelfastPhoto: Albert Bridge · CC BY-SA 2.0
Inns & shopsMalmaison Hotel34–38 Victoria Street, BelfastPhoto: Slowtech2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
ChurchPresbyterian Church32 Townsend Street, BelfastPhoto: Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0
Walls & gatesQueen's BridgeAnne Street/ Bridge EndPhoto: Ardfern · CC BY-SA 3.0
House56-58 Donegall Place56–58 Donegall Place, Donegall Square NorthPhoto: Portwilliamborn · CC BY-SA 4.0
Historic streets

McMaster Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

McMaster Street43 listed
Lisburn Road30 listed
University Square30 listed
Antrim Road29 listed
College Gardens28 listed
Ormeau Road24 listed
University St.23 listed
Rugby Road22 listed
Mount Charles21 listed · 1 II*
2-4 Mount Charles
Sunnyside St.20 listed
Malone Road19 listed
Rathgar St.17 listed

Of the 1,287 entries, 728 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Belfast’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas948
Public & civic buildings128
Churches, chapels & priories95
Walls, gates & bridges41
Memorials, crosses & tombs35
Inns, shops & warehouses20
Street furniture20

948 entries (74%) are houses, terraces and villas. 95 are churches, chapels and priories, including 8 of the 44 Grade A buildings.

Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.

Grade B

1,146 Grade B listed buildings

Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.

The first 150 of 1,146 Grade B listed buildings, A to Z
(Former Extern Waiting Hall), Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, Co Antrim BT12 6BA(Former) OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY CHURCHAlbert Hall (aka Shankill Mission Hall)Alexandra Park Lodge and gate screensAll Saints’ ChurchAll Souls Church Hall (aka Rosemary Hall)Anderson and McCauleyAntrim Road Baptist ChurchArdleevan, 178 Upper Malone RoadArdleevan, 180 Upper Malone RoadArthur ChambersBBC Broadcasting HouseBack Gate Lodge at Stranmillis CollegeBallynafeigh Methodist ChurchBallysillan Presbyterian ChurchBand Stand, Ormeau ParkBandstand Woodvale ParkBank BuildingsBank House, 133-135 Albertbridge RoadBank of Ireland, 364 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 6GLBarnageeha, St Patrick's CollegeBeechmount HouseBelfast City CemeteryBelfast Education and Library BoardBelfast Electric Light Station 6 Chapel Lane (and 9-13 Marquis Street) Belfast BT1 1HHBelfast Royal AcademyBelfast School of MusicBelfast Telegraph OfficesBelmont Presbyterian ChurchBelmont TowerBelvedere, 229 Stranmillis RoadBlackstaff MillBlock of Shops & OfficesBloomfield Presbyterian ChurchBogarts, 57 Ann StreetBotanic Primary SchoolBoundary MarkerBoundary MarkerBoundary MarkerBoundary Marker, Glenside Bridge, Belmont Road, Belfast, BT4 2JXBoundary Marker, Grosvenor Grammar School, Marina Park, Belfast BT5 6BABoundary Marker, Kenington Road, Tullycarnet, Belfast, BT5 7DDBoundary Marker, Ladas Way/ Ladas Park, Belfast, BT6 9FRBoundary Marker, outside 593-595 Falls Road, Belfast, BT11 9ABBoundary Post outside 450 Ormeau RoadBoundary Post, Shandon Park Golf Club, Knock Road, Belfast BT5 6QDBowen Vault, Milltown CemeteryBradbury BuildingsBryson HouseCabin Hill Preparatory School, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, Co Down, BT4 3HSCalder FountainCampbell CollegeCaretaker's HouseCaretakers HouseCarnegie LibraryCarnegie LibraryCarson MemorialCathedral BuildingsCavehill Methodist ChurchCentral Building adjacent to Stranmillis HouseCentral HallChapel at Dominican CollegeChapel of UnityChapel of the RessurrectionChapel, Good Shepherd Convent ComplexChristchurch Centre of ExcellenceChurch Hall, May Street Presbyterian ChurchChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsClarence HouseClark Canavan CrossCliftonville Moravian ChurchClonard Church - Gates screenClonard HouseClonard MonasteryCollege Gardens Gate PiersCollege Green HouseColáiste Feirste Teach Chapel (Formerly Our Lady's Convent)Con O'Neill BridgeCongregational ChurchConway Mill, 5-7 Conway StreetCooke Centenary Presbyterian ChurchCooke MemorialCregagh Presbyterian Church and HallCrescent ChurchCross of SacrificeCross of SacrificeCross of SacrificeCurrie Primary SchoolDanske Bank, 12-15 Donegall Square WestDavid Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NNDepartment of GeographyDerryvolgie HouseDirect Wine ShipmentsDominican ConventDominican Convent ChapelDonegall Road Methodist Church 381 Donegall Road, Belfast BT12 6GRDr Cooke StatueEast gate lodge at Ormiston HouseEdenbrooke Primary SchoolEdgehill Methodist CollegeElectrical Service / section pillar (near Blanchflowe Park) Holywood Road, Belfast BT4 1SJElectrical service / section pillar at east end of Wellington Park, Belfast, BT9 6RTElectrical service / section pillar at south end of Linenhall Street, Belfast, BT2 8BAElmwood, 7 University TerraceEmpire Bar, 42 Botanic AvenueEuston Street Primary School, Euston Street, Belfast, Co Down BT6 9AGFactory, 3-19 Rydalmere StreetFaith House, 25 Orpen ParkFane St.Primary SchoolFennell-Stelfox MemorialFerguson MemorialFernhill House (Former People's Museum)Fernhill House OutbuildingsFinaghy Presbyterian ChurchFirst Ballymacarrett Presbyterian ChurchFisherwick Presbyterian ChurchFloral Hall, Zoological Gardens, Antrim Road, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT36 7PNFormer Bank, 431-441 Newtownards RdFormer Bradford and Bingley BuildingFormer Caretaker's House, 29 Seabourne Parade, Belfast, Co Antrim BT15 3NBFormer Malone Telephone ExchangeFormer Northern BankFormer Nurses HomeFormer Our Ladys Convent, Hospital, Belfast, Co Antrim BT12 7PYFormer Ross Mineral Water WorksFormer School Adjacent to St Marks Church of IrelandFormer Short Brothers HQFormer Water OfficeFormer synagogue [now Mater Hospital Physiotherapy Gym]Fort Bar, 25-27 Springfield RoadFortwilliam FoldFortwilliam GatewayFortwilliam GatewayFountains, Belfast City CemeteryFrames Snooker HallFriends InstituteFront Gate Lodge at Stranmillis CollegeFurnace House, Clarendon Buildings, Clarendon Quay, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT1 3ALGardner Robb buildingGate House, Friar's Bush GraveyardGate Lodge & Gatescreen at Hunterhouse CollegeGate Lodge Craigavon HouseGate Lodge at LonghurstGate Lodge to Campbell CollegeGate Lodge to Riddel HallGate Lodge, 122 Malone RoadGate Lodge, 2 Clifton HouseGate Lodge, 2 Fortwilliam ParkGate Lodge, 252 Malone RoadGate Lodge, Belmont Presbyterian Church

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Monuments & landscapes

Monuments, parks and gardens

Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.

24 scheduled monuments

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Department for Communities.

Artillery fort: Fort William, Skegoneill
Chimeny Stack, Edenderry
Chimney Stack 'Sirocco Chimney', Ballymacarrett
Chimney Stack (Formerly of steam mill), Town Parks (Belfast)
Chimney Stack at Monarch Street, Malone Lower
Chimney Stack, Malone Lower
Chimney stack (formerly of Prospect Flax Mill), Town Parks (Belfast)
Chimney stack, Edenderry
Civil Defence Sub Control Bunker, Ballycloghan
Fundamental Bench Mark, Skegoneill
GRAVEYARD & CHURCH SITE: FRIAR'S BUSH, CAPELLA DE KILPATRICK, Malone Lower
GRAVEYARD & CHURCH SITE: FRIAR'S BUSH, CAPELLA DE KILPATRICK, Malone Lower
Georgian Glassworks, Ballymacarrett
Graving Dock, "Ritchie's Dock", Town Parks
Graving Dock, Town Parks
Hamilton Graving Dock, Queens Island
LAGAN NAVIGATION REACH 1, Malone Lower
Lock on Lagan Navigation. 'McConnells Lock', Ballynafoy/Malone Lower
MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD (SHANKILL GRAVEYARD) with BULLAUN & HOLY WELL: THE WHITE CHURCH, Edenderry
Motte 'Shandon Park Motte', Knock
Thompson and Alexandra Docks, Queens Island
Thompson and Alexandra Docks, Queens Island
Travelling cranes and building docks. 'Samson' and 'Goliath', Queen's Island
Twin slipways of the Titanic and Olympic ships, Queens Island
WWII PILLBOX, Ballymacarrett
17th century house: Cranmore, Malone Upper (Belfast)

17 historic parks, gardens and demesnes

Alexandra ParkGrade A · A
Belfast CastleGrade A · A
Bellevue (Belfast Zoo)Grade A · A
Botanic Gardens Park (Belfast)Grade A · A
Clifton House
Clifton HouseGrade A · A
CranmoreGrade A · A
DrumglassGrade A · A
Dunville Park
Dunville ParkGrade A · A
Falls ParkGrade A · A
GLENCAIRN and FERNHILLGrade A · A
GlenbankGrade A · A
Group of Contiguous SitesGrade B · B
Grovelands Garden (Musgrave Park)Grade B · B
Ormeau (Park)Grade A · A
Stormont Castle and Parliament BuildingsGrade A · A
Stranmillis House (College)Grade B · B
Woodvale ParkGrade A · A
Born here

260 notable people born in Belfast before 1900

The 20 best known on one timeline, earliest first.

Alexander McDonnell
William McGuckin de Slane
William Thompson
Samuel Ferguson
Thomas Andrews
James Thomson
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
Osborne Reynolds
James Douglas Ogilby
William Mulholland
John Lavery
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
Una O'Connor
Billy McCracken
Benjamin Glazer
Elisha Scott
Brian Desmond Hurst
Moyna Macgill
C. S. Lewis
175017751800182518501875190019251950
C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis1898–1963 · British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin1825–1907 · British physicist and engineer (1824–1907)
Osborne Reynolds
Osborne Reynolds1842–1912 · Anglo-Irish innovator (1842-1912)
Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews1813–1885 · Irish chemist and physicist (1813–1885)
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce1838–1922 · British academic (1838-1922)
AM
Alexander McDonnell1798–1835 · Irish chess master (1798-1835)
Una O'Connor
Una O'Connor1880–1959 · Irish actress (1880–1959)
Benjamin Glazer
Benjamin Glazer1887–1956 · Screenwriter, producer, foley artist, and director of American films …

Everyone born in Belfast → Birthplaces from Wikidata; portraits from Wikimedia Commons.

Towns its size

Belfast has the 4th most Grade A buildings of 26 towns its size

Places of 176,000–469,000 people outside London, by Grade A listed buildings.

Norwich63
Bristol50
Newcastle upon Tyne50
Belfast44
Peterborough33
Brighton and Hove22
Plymouth20
Coventry19
Southampton16
Northampton15
Cardiff14
Portsmouth13
#3 of 26for listed buildings per resident (44 per 10,000). Norwich, Bristol and Belfast lead.

Only Norwich, Bristol and Newcastle upon Tyne have more. The typical town its size has 13.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Belfast

TownPeopleListedGrade AHistory
Belfast293,2981,28744—
Metropolitan Castlereagh58,763370—
Metropolitan Lisburn32,643141—
Holywood10,7571300—
Metropolitan Newtownabbey67,599383—
Carryduff7,17310—
Lisburn51,4471021—
Greenisland5,38360—
In brief

Belfast in brief

The official list counts 1,287 listed buildings in Belfast, 44 of them in the top grade, including Belfast City Hall. Its Grade A buildings cluster together: 12 of them stand within 400 m of Victoria Monument. Only 3 of the 26 towns nearest its size have more Grade A buildings. On McMaster Street alone there are 43 listed buildings.

Most entries on the list, 74%, are houses, terraces and villas. C. S. Lewis (1898), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1825) and Osborne Reynolds (1842) are among the 260 people born here before 1900. It also has 24 scheduled monuments, the archaeology and ruins the law protects.

Questions about Belfast’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Belfast?

The Historic Environment Division lists 1,287 buildings inside Belfast’s settlement: 44 Grade A, 97 Grade B+ and 1,146 Grade B.

What are the Grade A listed buildings in Belfast?

44, including Albert Clock, Assembly's College, Avoniel Primary School, Belfast City Hall, Belfast Harbour Office and Cenotaph & Garden of Remembrance.

Which street in Belfast has the most listed buildings?

McMaster Street (43), Lisburn Road (30) and University Square (30) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Belfast?

Yes, 24 scheduled monuments, including Artillery fort: Fort William, Skegoneill, Chimeny Stack, Edenderry, Chimney Stack 'Sirocco Chimney', Ballymacarrett and Chimney Stack (Formerly of steam mill), Town Parks (Belfast).

Are there old photos of Belfast?

Yes: 8 public-domain photos and postcards from 1870 to 1918, and an old map from 1823, all on this page.

Who was born in Belfast?

Among people born before 1900: C. S. Lewis (1898), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1825), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Thomas Andrews (1813) and James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838).

Belfast has no History Grade.

Listed buildings, scheduled monument areas and historic parks, gardens and demesnes: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division, via Open Data NI (Open Government Licence v3.0). Check an entry with the Historic Environment Division before relying on it.

Sources: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division: Historic Buildings Record (listed grades A, B+, B1, B2, B), scheduled monument areas and the register of historic parks, gardens and demesnes, October 2026, via Open Data NI, inside NISRA’s settlement development limit. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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