St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast

St Anne's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland, built in a style that reinterprets Romanesque forms. Heavy stone walls, rounded arches, and a slender steel spire reaching 40 meters (131 feet) shape its outer appearance.

The foundation stone was placed in 1899, and the main hall received blessing five years later. Building work continued in several stages through to the 1980s.

The cathedral takes its name from a 19th-century parish church that previously occupied the site and was already dedicated to Saint Anne. Visitors today experience Anglican services with choral music and congregational singing that follow the traditions of the Church of Ireland.

The baptismal chamber inside displays a mosaic ceiling made from around 150,000 pieces of glass and a marble christening basin sourced from Ireland. Visitors can walk through the rooms and observe the details of the furnishings.

This cathedral serves two separate Anglican dioceses at once, Connor and Down and Dromore. The entire building holds only one tomb, that of Lord Carson from 1935.

Location: Town Parks

Inception: 1904

Architects: Sir Thomas Drew

Architectural style: Romanesque Revival architecture

Address: The Cathedral Church of St. Anne, Donegall Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 2HB

Website: http://belfastcathedral.org

GPS coordinates: 54.60270,-5.92884

Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:28