09/09/2010
Merchant Plans Music School
Belfast's Merchant Hotel in Belfast has won planning approval for a landmark traditional music centre in the city's Cathedral Quarter.
The Beannchor Group wants to convert a 19th century warehouse into a facility including a school of music, tuition rooms as well as a pub and dining area and wants a link up with a traditional music teaching resource.
Regeneration of the Grade-B listed building in Waring Street which is the oldest bonded warehouse in the city is involved in what will be meeting a demand for traditional music in the centre of the city.
(BMcC/GK)
The Beannchor Group wants to convert a 19th century warehouse into a facility including a school of music, tuition rooms as well as a pub and dining area and wants a link up with a traditional music teaching resource.
Regeneration of the Grade-B listed building in Waring Street which is the oldest bonded warehouse in the city is involved in what will be meeting a demand for traditional music in the centre of the city.
(BMcC/GK)
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