War Memorial Building, Belfast

[1] The site was formerly occupied by the Queen Anne Hotel and a number of shops which were destroyed by German bombing during the Belfast Blitz in 1941.

[3] On 18 February 1970 the War Memorial Building was the site for the swearing in of the first 19 recruits to the 7th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment.

[3] The building continued to be used as offices and was owned by a number of people, including Liverpool-based property developer Lawrence Kenwright.

[6] In 2010 the empty ground floor was marketed as a potential site for a bar and restaurant but was instead, from 2011, leased as offices for Colliers.

[3][6] Sugar House Entry was formerly home to a number of inns, one of which was the first meeting place of the Society of United Irishmen.

The building in 2009. Sugar House Entry is a narrow passageway between the building and the one on the right