Former Linen Factory (Somerset and Co), Somerset Studios, Marcus Ward Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT7 1RP, **See General comments** is a listed building in the Belfast local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Former Linen Factory (Somerset and Co), Somerset Studios, Marcus Ward Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT7 1RP, **See General comments**
- WRENN ID
- sombre-chancel-solstice
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Belfast
- Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down MP: Claire Hanna (SDLP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 337 734
- Coordinates
- 54.59148, -5.93139
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The building is a former linen factory, originally occupied by Somerset and Co Ltd. It was converted into loft apartments in 1998. The building was initially surveyed but not listed, and a partial record was taken in a subsequent survey due to it not being deemed worthy of a full survey. It was originally used as a factory and is now used as a house. The building is not listed, and possesses neither architectural nor historical interest.
Local climate
Former Linen Factory (Somerset and Co), Somerset Studios, Marcus Ward Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT7 1RP, **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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- No flood data for this area
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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