It is owned and operated by Bangor entrepreneur Bill Wolsley’s Beannchor leisure group.
The building was built in the mid-nineteenth century as the headquarters of the Ulster Bank and was transformed into a hotel in 2006.
Tyrone Crystal built the chandelier for The Great Room Restaurant, the designer was Marcus Notley.
It is made out of embellished gold on metal and 2600 blown-out crystal pieces.
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