Lanyon Building
The Lanyon Building is the main building of Queen's University and takes its name from the architect Charles Lanyon. It was built in 1849 in Tudor Gothic style with red-brick and Giffnock sandstone dressings.
The present university was first chartered as "Queen's College, Belfast" in 1845, when it was associated with the simultaneously founded Queen's College, Cork and Queen's College, Galway as part of the Queen's University of Ireland – founded to encourage higher education for Catholics and Presbyterians, as a counterpart to Trinity College, Dublin, then an Anglican institution. Queen's College, Belfast, opened in 1849..
The Main building of the University houses amongst others the Naughton Gallery, the Welcome Centre, The Great Hall, The Council Chambers and the Canada room. In behind the front façade is an exquisite quadrangle garden, a perfect area for serenity and calm in this otherwise busy area of Belfast.
One story associated with the Lanyon Building is that it was destined for Cork, both college sites being designed by Charles Lanyon. However the plans were mixed, resulting in the building for Queen's College Cork being built in Belfast and the building for Queen's College Belfast being built in Cork.
This cache forms part of the Queens University Belfast series. Also in this series are:
David Keir Building GC4BNPN
The Ashby GC4BNYC
Riddel Hall GC4BNYGl
McClay Library GC4BQAT
While the university refers to its main site as a campus, the university's buildings are in fact spread over a number of public streets in South Belfast, centring around University Road, University Square and Stranmillis Road, with other departments located further afield.