Stormont House (also called Speaker's House) is the headquarters of the

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, situated in the

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. It was designed by

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, although

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has been credited with some involvement. It served as the

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of the

Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland The Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons was the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament in Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972. The Speaker had an official residence, Stormont House. All the Speakers were members of the ...

between 1921 and 1972. For part of the time it was actually lived in by a number of

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in preference to their own official residence,

Stormont Castle Stormont Castle is a manor house on the Stormont Estate in east Belfast which is home to the Northern Ireland Executive and the Executive Office. It is a Grade A listed building. History Stormont Castle was completed c.1830 and was reworked in ...

, which was used primarily as offices. The

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building shares its grounds with Stormont House, however it is separated from the main building by a fence. The

is currently based at Stormont House after relocating from

Castle Buildings Castle Buildings is the name given to a group of Northern Ireland Executive buildings in the Stormont Estate in Belfast. They are the headquarters for the Executive Office, the Department of Health and the Department of Justice. The group of bui ...

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