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16 Upper Crescent
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Grade B+ listed building · HED

16 Upper Crescent

16 Upper Crescent, Belfast

Listed Grade B+Grade B+ is the next 7.4% of Northern Ireland’s listed buildings
HHouseBBuilt 1840–1859
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About 16 Upper Crescent

The house at 16 Upper Crescent is one of 97 Grade B+ listed buildings in Belfast and about 679 in Northern Ireland. It stands at 16 Upper Crescent, Belfast, was built between 1840 and 1859, and is still a terraced house. Within 400 metres are 4 more Grade A buildings and 198 other listed buildings.

Grade B+ is for buildings of particular quality or interest, about 7.4% of all listed buildings in Northern Ireland. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 10 minutes

Upper Crescent, Belfast · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 116 Upper CrescentStart here
  2. 2Crescent Arts CentreGrade B+ · 0.1 mi on
  3. 32-4 Mount CharlesGrade B+ · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4MAIN FRONT BLOCK Lanyon Building, Great Hall, Physics Department, Lanyon building towerGrade A · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5Whitla Hall, Queens University of BelfastGrade B+ · 0.1 mi on
Farther afield
Assembly's CollegeGrade A0.2miChristian Science ChurchGrade B+0.2miQueens University of BelfastGrade B+0.2miThe Palm HouseGrade A0.2miElmwood HallGrade A0.2miAll Souls Non-Subscribing Presbyterian ChurchGrade B+0.3mi
Around it

56 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade A and B+ ones open their own page; Grade B ones open the official list entry.

B15 Upper Crescent7 mB14 Upper Crescent15 mB+13 Upper Crescent22 mB12 Upper Crescent31 mB26-50 Mount Charles33 mB+11 Upper Crescent38 mB10 Upper Crescent47 mB+9 Upper Crescent55 mBMount Charles Gates58 mB24 Mount Charles60 mB8 Upper Crescent62 mB22 Mount Charles65 mB+7 Upper Crescent69 mB20 Mount Charles71 mB18 Mount Charles77 mB16 Mount Charles82 mB6 Upper Crescent82 mB14 Mount Charles89 m
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B5 Upper Crescent90 mB12 Mount Charles95 mB4 Upper Crescent97 mB10 Mount Charles101 mB19 Mount Charles107 mB8 Mount Charles108 mB7 Lower Crescent109 mB8 Lower Crescent109 mBCrescent Church109 mB17 Mount Charles110 mB9 Lower Crescent110 mB4 Lower Crescent111 mB10 Lower Crescent111 mB5-6 Lower Crescent111 mB47 University St.112 mB11 Lower Crescent113 mB49 University St.113 mB51 University St.114 mB15 Mount Charles115 mB2 Lower Crescent115 mB3 Lower Crescent115 mB6 Mount Charles116 mB12 Lower Crescent116 mB1 Lower Crescent119 mB13 Mount Charles119 mB11 Mount Charles124 mB1 Upper Crescent & 28 University Road126 mB9 Mount Charles129 mB+Crescent Arts Centre130 mB44 University St.134 mB7 Mount Charles134 mB+2-4 Mount Charles137 mBEmpire Bar, 42 Botanic Avenue139 mB5 Mount Charles139 mB46 University St.142 mB3 Mount Charles144 mB48 University St.146 mB50 University St.149 m
More like it

Grade A and B+ houses near Belfast

Within 25 miles, with a photo.

Carrickfergus Borough CouncilCarrickfergus · 10 mi away
Hill House, 35 Main StreetHillsborough and Culcavy · 11 mi away
Summer HouseHillsborough and Culcavy · 11 mi away
Trevor HouseHillsborough and Culcavy · 11 mi away
8 The SquareHillsborough and Culcavy · 11 mi away
The Lady Alice TempleHillsborough and Culcavy · 11 mi away
Royal Ulster Yacht ClubBangor · 12 mi away
Pogue's Entry Historical CottageAntrim · 14 mi away

Questions about 16 Upper Crescent

Is 16 Upper Crescent listed?

Yes. 16 Upper Crescent is listed Grade B+ on the Department for Communities’ Historic Buildings Record (list entry HB26/27/028 J).

Can you visit 16 Upper Crescent?

Many listed buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

Listed buildings: Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division, via Open Data NI (Open Government Licence v3.0). Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.