WILTON HOUSE, 5-6 COLLEGE SQUARE NORTH - 460sqm

 

Four storey, Georgian, end of terrace building at College Square North.

 

B1 listed building 

 

Designed by Thomas Jackson during the 1820s – 1830s

First built as a two separate homes with rear stables and coach houses

 

“The two homes were combined around 1894 by Mr J. Hicks who opened the Hotel Metropole. The hotel comprises 14 guest bedrooms in addition to accommodation for Mr Hicks and his family. The hotel closed and in 1907 the Adult Deaf and Dumb Organisation established a mission hall within the building. The organisation became the Ulster Institute for the Deaf and continued to occupy the building until merging with the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) in 1991. The RNID rebranded to Action on Hearing Loss in 2011 and relocated”

 

Current Planning application proposes to refurbish the existing building for 8no. apartments and develop a five-storey extension to the rear to comprise 15no. apartments.