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The Merchant Hotel is a five-star luxury hotel in
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Hotels in Belfast Grade A listed buildings Hotels established in 2006 2006 establishments in Northern Ireland
The Merchant Hotel is a five-star luxury hotel in Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...
. The hotel is situated on Skipper Street. It is owned and operated by Bangor entrepreneur Bill Wolsley’s Beannchor leisure group.
History
The building was built in the mid-nineteenth century as the headquarters of theUlster Bank
Ulster Bank is one of the traditional Big Four Irish clearing banks. The Ulster Bank Group was subdivided into two separate legal entities: National Westminster Bank Plc, trading as Ulster Bank (registered in England and Wales and operating i ...
and was transformed into a hotel in 2006. The hotel was extended in 2010 with further refurbishments to the original building in 2020.
Tyrone Crystal
Tyrone Crystal was a crystal manufacturing company in Dungannon, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
History
Glass-making and -decoration in County Tyrone can be dated back to the early medieval period, where Dunmisk outside Carrickmore was a ...
built the chandelier
A chandelier () is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling. Chandeliers are often ornate, and they were originally designed to hold candles, but now inca ...
for The Great Room Restaurant, the designer was Marcus Notley
Marcus Notley (born 1 June 1973) is an Irish product designer specializing in designing consumer products for the home. He designed Ireland's largest crystal chandelier for the Merchant Hotel in Belfast.McCall, Barr"Design For Success" ''The ...
. It is made out of embellished gold on metal and 2600 blown-out crystal pieces. With 4.5m in height, 2.9m in diameter and a weight of 400 kg, it is the largest chandelier in Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. The chandelier was installed in 2006.
In July 2009, Merchant Hotel won the "World's Best Hotel Bar" competition. In 2010, it was awarded World's Best Cocktail Bar at the Tales of the Cocktail awards.
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Merchant Hotel, BelfastOfficial website
Hotels in Belfast Grade A listed buildings Hotels established in 2006 2006 establishments in Northern Ireland