Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 012-26 (GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: STEVENSON, SAMUEL
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 012-26 (GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL)
Date: 1892
Nature: New. 'One of the last buildings to be built in the original Royal Avenue developmentā€¦a luxurious 200-bedroom hotel whose tall slender copper done on an octagonal lantern dominated Royal Avenue'(Patton). (Demolished c. 1985 to make room for Castlecourt development.)
Refs: B 62, 5 Mar 1892, 192; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 287

Name: STEVENSON, SAMUEL
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 012-26 (GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL)
Date: 1913
Nature: Large new panelled central lounge. Contractor: H. & J. Martin.
Refs: IB 55, 1 Mar 1913, 147

Name: STEVENSON, SAMUEL, & SONS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 012-26 (GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL)
Date: 1927;1928;1929;1934;1935;1938
Nature: Alts, 1927. New bathrooms, 1928. Addition, 1929. (Plans approved by Belfast Corporation.) Restoration of portion destroyed by fire, 1934 (Contractor: J. & R. Thompson) Workshop in Berry St, 1934. Cloakroom & lavs., 1935. Alts on Charlemont St, 1936. Lift, 1938
Refs: IB 69, 19 Oct,12 Nov 1927, 801,838; 70, 29 Sep 1928, 836; 71, 30 Mar 1929, 280; 76, 14 Jul,8 Sep 1934, 601,738,769; 77, 2 Nov 1935, 1010; 78, 28 Nov 1936, 1089; 80, 5 Feb 1938, 113