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St
Anne’s Cathedral (call 90332328 for information) is a massive building
in the Hiberno-Romanesque style which was fully complety in the 1990s
although construction started about a century before. The cathedral’s
nave houses 10 pillars with carvings illustrating Belfast life, the
Freemasons’ pillar being the most notable.
Northwest from the cathedral stands Clifton House, a fine 18th-century
building which before being converted into a nursing home, was built as
a poorhouse.
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buildings of interest in the cathedral area include the Georgian
Commercial Building, the Northern Bank Building, the magnificent Ulster
Bank Building, an Italianate extravaganza, and the Art Deco styled Bank
of Ireland Building and Sinclair Store. |
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