Parliamentary boundary post, Beside side entrance to Campbell College, Belmont Road, Belfast, County Antrim is a Grade B2 listed building in the Belfast local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 13 March 1987.
Parliamentary boundary post, Beside side entrance to Campbell College, Belmont Road, Belfast, County Antrim
- WRENN ID
- open-mortar-kestrel
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Belfast
- Constituency
- Belfast East MP: Gavin Robinson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1987
- Address
- Parliamentary boundary post, Beside side entrance to Campbell College, Belmont Road, Belfast, County Antrim, Ballycloghan/ Ballymaghan
- Irish grid reference
- J 389 749
- Coordinates
- 54.60395, -5.85108
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
A cast-iron administrative marker post dating to 1918, marking the outer boundary of Belfast Corporation's jurisdiction and Victoria District Electoral Division within it. The post is embedded in the footpath on the south-east side of Belmont Avenue, positioned at a now-disused side entrance to Campbell College, with a red brick wall and entrance gates to the school's grounds behind it.
The post has a slightly tapered cylindrical profile, measuring approximately 3 feet high by 1 foot in diameter. It features a banded octagonal base and an oversailing flat octagonal top with a slightly smaller fluted circular cap. The front face displays the shield of Belfast Corporation's coat of arms, beneath which is an attached plaque inscribed "Parliamentary / and Municipal / Boundary of / Belfast / Victoria Division / Victoria Ward / 1918".
The post exhibits a degree of decoration beyond what its utilitarian function required. Its cast-iron construction and secure embedding in the pavement reflect the need for durability and tamper-proofing. The setting is significant in that it marks an invisible political boundary at this particular location.
Historically, this post is of considerable interest as a tangible reminder of the general election held on 14 December 1918, the first in Britain and Ireland when nearly everyone—bar women under 30—had the right to vote. It also marks a short-lived period in the province's political development between this election and the formation of Northern Ireland and the Stormont administration in 1922. The post has group value with other boundary posts in the area, forming what is probably the most complete group of administrative markers anywhere in the province. Many such posts have been lost to road widening and random removal, making this example a comparatively rare survivor.
Local climate
Parliamentary boundary post, Beside side entrance to Campbell College, Belmont Road, Belfast, County Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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