2009
J3374 : The Ulster Reform Club (detail) Belfast (3)
taken 17 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

The Ulster Reform Club (detail) Belfast (3)
See J3374 : The Ulster Reform Club (detail), Belfast (2). The Royal Avenue façade has some relatively minor detail. This bit, with cherubic head, includes the initials of the architects – Maxwell & Tuke. Continue to J3374 : The Ulster Reform Club, Belfast (detail) (4). J3374 : The Ulster Reform Club (detail), Belfast (5) shows the builders’ initials.
The Ulster Reform Club, Belfast
One of the buildings erected as part of the redevelopment of Hercules Place and Hercules Street as Royal Avenue and one of two landmark buildings at the southern end (the other was the Provincial Bank (now a Tesco). It was built, of red sandstone, in 1883-85. The architects were Maxwell and Tuke of Manchester. The material has survived well. This plain but distinguished building includes some interesting features and detail.
