Stormont Estate

Statue of Lord Carson on Prince of Wales Avenue

Map of the Stormont Estate showing the location of prominent buildings

The Stormont Estate is an estate east of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the site of Northern Ireland's main government buildings, which are surrounded by woods and parkland.

Lying within the townland of Ballymiscaw, Stormont was originally the estate of a Rev. John Cleland. It was named after a district in Perthshire and comes from the Gaelic Stoirmhonadh, "place for crossing the mountains".^[1]

Stormont Estate is now home to the Stormont Parkrun, a free, weekly, 5 km timed run.^[2]

Building	Image	About
Castle Buildings		Occupants- The Executive Office , the Department of Health and Department of Justice. The complex is notable for its use as the location of the negotiations surrounding the Belfast Agreement.
Dundonald House		Headquarters of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, the Department of the Environment, Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Northern Ireland Prison Service.
Craigantlet Buildings		Headquarters of the Department of Finance.
Maynard Sinclair Pavilion		Home to the Northern Ireland Civil Service Sports and Social Club.
Parliament Buildings		Seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Usually referred to as Stormont.
Stormont Castle		Seat of the Northern Ireland Executive
Stormont House		Headquarters of the Northern Ireland Office (also known as Speakers House)

Stormont regulations

The regulations governing the use of the Stormont estate are displayed at its entrance. These were initially enacted on 31 October 1933, in an order by the Ministry of Finance. These were eventually amended and the regulations currently in force are:

The Stormont Estate Regulations, 1933
The Stormont Estate Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland), 1951
The Stormont Estate Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland), 1958

References

↑ PlaceNames NI: Stormont
↑ "Stormont parkrun | Stormont parkrun". www.parkrun.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-18.

External links

Government buildings in Northern Ireland

Stormont Estate	Parliament Buildings ("Stormont") Castle Buildings Dundonald House Maynard Sinclair Pavilion Stormont Castle Stormont House

Other Buildings	Clarence Court Great Northern Tower Hillsborough Castle Netherleigh House Rathgael House Royal Courts of Justice

Local Government	Belfast City Hall Newry Town Hall Guildhall, Derry

Coordinates: 54°35′58″N 5°50′12″W / 54.59944°N 5.83667°W / 54.59944; -5.83667

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