Charles Burrell Museum

Former paint shop, now a museum, 1903, architect unknown. Constructed of chalk, brick, iron and flint with a Belfast truss roof.

PLAN: The building is a single hall of seven bays with an enclosed two storey office at the north end and an inserted mezzanine gallery along the west side.

EXTERIOR: The principal (west) elevation comprises seven bays of double timber doors, each with four glazed upper panels. The north elevation is of coursed chalk on a flint plinth, with a single timber sliding door. The rear elevation is of brick, with a brick buttress in the centre of each bay. The south elevation is of brick laid in English bond on a flint plinth, with the bays of 11 light windows extending across the entire elevation. A continuous clerestory of upright glazed panels extends around the north, west and south elevations. The barrel roof is felted.

INTERIOR: The interior is a single large space (now a display area), with eight exposed Belfast trusses (plus two end trusses). The trusses are of timber with perpendicular latticework and are connected by two longitudinal timbers running the length of the building. The trusses are not gusseted, but the end lattices are doubled. They are stamped D ANDERSON & SON LTD ROOF CONTRACTORS BELFAST. The roof is held by 25 purlins and has a plywood soffit. The front and rear walls are supported by cast iron columns with brackets for travelling cranes. The iron frame of the building is tensioned with diagonal tensioners. The floor is concrete and has a sharp break of slope down to the doors.