Exchange and Assembly Rooms, Belfast, Harp Festival, and Charles Lanyon bronze plaque

Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

The Harp Festival of 1792 was held in the Assembly Rooms, on the upper floor of this building. It began life as a single-storey arcaded market house or 'exchange' in 1769. The upper floor was added in 1776 and Charles Lanyon italianised the exterior in 1845. Known as the 'Four Corners', all mileston

es out of Belfast were once measured from here.

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