Stormont House

Stormont House (also called Speaker's House) is a Grade B1 listed building situated in the Stormont Estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was designed by Ralph Knott,^[2] although Sir Edwin Lutyens has been credited with some involvement.^[3]

Stormont House
Speaker's House
Coordinates	54.601779°N 5.832303°W / 54.601779; -5.832303
Listed Building – Grade B1
Official name	Stormont House
Designated	13 March 1987
Reference no.	HB26/13/017[1]

It served as the official residence of the Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. For part of the time it was actually lived in by a number of Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland in preference to their own official residence, Stormont Castle, which was used primarily as offices.^[4] It was later the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) until 2022, when the NIO moved to Erskine House in central Belfast.^[5]

Stormont House shares its grounds with Castle Buildings, however it is separated from the main building by a fence.

See also

• Northern Ireland Office
• Hillsborough Castle

References

1. "Historic Building Details". Department for Communities. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
2. Brittain-Catlin, Timothy (2014) Bleak Houses, MIT Press, ISBN 9780262026697, p. 42
3. "WAR MEMORIAL GARDENS ISLANDBRIDGE, DUBLIN." The Irish Times. 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2014
4. "The Northern Ireland Parliament". Election Demon. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
5. "NIO's office move to city centre". Belfast Telegraph. 7 February 2022.

External links

• Northern Ireland Office