Customs House
Belfast Customs House. Built in 1854-1857. 20 Donegall Quay.
"A freestanding symmetrical two-storey +attic over basement Custom House in Italianate Palazzo style, built c.1855 to designs by Sir Charles Lanyon. E-shaped on plan over deep battered plinth with raised terrace over basement spanning between projecting wings to west. Replacement hipped natural slate roof with leaded ridges and hips, replacement ashlar sandstone chimneystacks with corniced caps surmounted by semi-circular stone terminals";.
Grade B+. HB Ref No: HB26/50/062
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