Presbyterian Assembly Building

Presbyterian Assembly Building (HM2H27)

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N 54° 35.763', W 5° 56.064'

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1905
This impressive three storey building is the headquarters for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Its gothic architecture and corner tower dominate the busy junction of Fisherwick Place, Great Victoria Street, Howard Street and Grosvenor Road.
The building was designed by Robert Young and built at a cost of £70,000. It is loosely styled on the architecture of a Scottish baronial castle and stands on the site of the former Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, which was demolished in 1899 when the congregation moved to its present church on Malone Road. The building was opened in 1905 by the Duke of Argyll and its tower, which houses Belfast's only peal of 12 bells, is modelled on that of St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. The turret clock by Sharman D Neil was the first in the British Isles to employ electricity to drive the clock and the chiming and carillon parts.
The building's Scottish connection is appropriate since the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is a daughter church of the Church of Scotland. Its roots can be traced back to June 1642, when the first organised Presbyterianism in Ireland had its beginnings among Scottish regiments stationed in Carrickfergus, just 10 miles north of Belfast on the shore of Belfast Lough.
Church House survived bomb damage in the 1970s and has been sensitively restored.



It was extensively renovated in 1992 to provide more appropriate accommodation and the ground floor was at that time converted to a shopping mall. At the heart of the building is the large D-shaped Assembly Hall, one of the most impressive interiors in Belfast. Entered on the first floor, it has seating for 1,300 and is noted for its gallery and a great oblong roof light with coloured glass of art nouveau pattern.
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)30U E 310436 N 6053799
Decimal Degrees54.59605000, -5.93440000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 54° 35.763', W 5° 56.064'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds54° 35' 45.78" N, 5° 56' 3.84" W
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