The summer of 1752 was damp and cool in Belfast. On 28th August 1752 a group of nineteen leading merchants, burgesses (councillors) and one minister, the Rev James Saurin, left their businesses and homes and walked the short distance to the George Inn at the corner of North Street and John Street (now Royal Avenue). […]
Once on the outskirts of the town of Belfast, Clifton House can no longer claim to be in the countryside as these photographs taken from our clock town show. On a beautiful sunny day, we can see all of Belfast which has grown up around us, under the watchful eye of the Belfast Charitable Society. […]
A lovely piece about the late husband of the President of the Belfast Charitable Society, Lady Moyra Quigley.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/george-quigley-was-a-great-man-who-devoted-his-life-to-a-small-place-northern-ireland-1-7344738
by Andrew Pollak
This week marks Museum Week with today specifically given over to architecture. Clifton House opened in 1774 and has undergone many changes in an effort to keep it useful and relevant as the needs of its residents changed. Coincidentally I will be spending the next few weeks cataloguing all the architectural drawings we hold […]
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