Refurbishment and extensions of the former Parochial House at Somerton Road, Belfast, to create a community centre incorporating a heritage and multicultural hub, comprising community rooms, creative spaces, and flexible multipurpose facilities as part of a wider programme of cultural and community revival.

The building is a B1-Listed heritage asset (HB26/46/016B), constructed between 1860 and 1879 and possibly designed by John Lanyon. Originally serving as a gentleman’s residence, it sits adjacent to the A-Listed Church of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and forms part of a significant historic ecclesiastical setting. The building has undergone a series of alterations and extensions throughout the 1920s and 1930s and has remained vacant since approximately 1990, placing it on the Heritage at Risk Northern Ireland (HARNI) register and reinforcing the urgent need for its rescue.

The proposed refurbishment will transform the building and its setting into a dynamic, multicultural hub, supporting the cultural, social, and heritage Revival of the surrounding area. It will provide renewed community facilities for existing parishioners, local residents, and minority communities, bringing new life, purpose, and identity to both the historic building and the wider neighbourhood through a shared vision of revival.