19-storey Churchill House was levelled on Sunday 21st on November 2004, to make way for a new £300 million retail development at Victoria Square, in Belfast. The pictures below show the scene before, and mainly the aftermath, of the 200lb explosion which saw the massive grey stone building implode.

An old couple take in the scene at Victoria Square, back in July. The Kitchen bar is circled and just ahead of them is the spot where Churchill House fell at the weekend.		Churchill House as it was, with the 'old' Kitchen Bar circled, in the Summer of 2004.

Through the keyhole : the view of Churchill house from the fence on the Chichester street side of Victoria Square		Churchill House - flat pack form. The Albert clock is now clearly visible since this huge building has been deleted from the Belfast skyline

watch the destruction of the building again in this BBC NI Newsline report.

YOUR RESPONSES

Helen Horner (Connor) - Mar '07
Being in Australia I didn't realise that Churchill House was getting "blown up" . I worked there for ashort time in the typing pool of the Ministry of Finance around 1965. This is a great site.

Ian McHugh - Jan '07
A great loss of some of Belfasts finest architectural heritage, where were the environmental heritage society or the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society?

Gareth - June '06
I liked the way it was blown up.

Parker McKenna - March '07
I'm glad to see it's gone! it was a horrible old building and hopefully the new development will be much more attractive!

Raymond O'Regan - February '05
I enjoyed the pictures of the demolition of Churchill House. When it was constructed in the 1960's the contractors had to dig down 265 feet and at that time it was the deepest pilings for any building in the UK.

Norman Johnston - December '04
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
Unfortunately my wife and I were leaving on the Liverpool boat that morning and we were never in a position to see it. But now we have!

Thanks.

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