56-58 Donegall Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT1 2GR, ***See General Comments*** is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Belfast local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

56-58 Donegall Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT1 2GR, ***See General Comments***

WRENN ID
final-dormer-evening
Grade
D1 Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Belfast
Constituency
Belfast North MP: John Finucane (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Address
56-58 Donegall Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT1 2GR, ***See General Comments***, BT1 2GR
Irish grid reference
J 338 746
Coordinates
54.60262, -5.9298
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The buildings at 56-58 Donegall Street, Belfast, were two and three-storey houses and shops constructed in 1793. They were demolished and are now the site of Writers’ Square. The buildings had a pitched slate roof and rendered walls, with modern shop fronts replacing original features. Each house presented a facade of two square-headed windows. The windows were two-pane sash windows.

Local climate

56-58 Donegall Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT1 2GR, ***See General Comments*** 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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