QUB Observatory, at Malone Playing Fields, Dub Lane, Belfast, BT9 5NB is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Belfast local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

QUB Observatory, at Malone Playing Fields, Dub Lane, Belfast, BT9 5NB

WRENN ID
twelfth-pier-sepia
Grade
D1 Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Belfast
Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down MP: Claire Hanna (SDLP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Address
QUB Observatory, at Malone Playing Fields, Dub Lane, Belfast, BT9 5NB, Malone Upper, BT9 5NB
Irish grid reference
J 317 693
Coordinates
54.55512, -5.96375
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The building, formerly known as QUB Observatory, stood at Malone Playing Fields, Dub Lane, Belfast, BT9 5NB. It has been demolished. The site is located within the townland of Malone Upper. The building is no longer listed and possesses neither architectural nor historical interest.

Local climate

QUB Observatory, at Malone Playing Fields, Dub Lane, Belfast, BT9 5NB sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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