Iron Lampstand

James Hamilton

Merchants' Bank (now Merchant Hotel)

1860

Waring Street

Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Text and Photograph by Philip V. Allingham 2006.

This image may be used without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose.

The ironwork outside the Ulster Merchants' Bank (designed by the then-young James Hamilton, a Glasgow architect, and cast in that Scottish city by ironmaster Laidlaw) is some of the finest surviving in Belfast, elaborate as lace. The motif of the four greyhounds on the lampstandard (sprouting a pair of wings, and a pair of serpents) is of particular significance locally.

Other Views

  • Front Elevation
  • Main Entrance
  • Typanum
  • Ornamental heads
  • Dining Room
  • Lounge
  • Detail of wall and ceiling carving