Stormont Castle
Stormont Castle is one of two great houses forming the Parliament Buildings complex at Stormont in east Belfast, providing the official residence of the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and serving as the primary working base of the Northern Ireland Executive. The castle, a Scottish Baronial house of the nineteenth century, is set within the extensive Stormont Estate alongside Parliament Buildings, the imposing neoclassical building that houses the Northern Ireland Assembly and which provides one of the most recognisable political landmarks in Northern Ireland. The Stormont Estate grounds are open to the public and provide extensive parkland walking with views over Belfast and the surrounding hills, making the estate one of the more surprisingly accessible political and heritage sites in the United Kingdom.