Charles Burrell Museum

The Charles Burrell Museum, originally a paint shop built in 1903 by an unknown architect, is now a museum. It is constructed from chalk, brick, iron, and flint, featuring a Belfast truss roof.

The building consists of a single hall with seven bays, including an enclosed two-storey office at the north end and a mezzanine gallery along the west side. The principal (west) elevation has seven bays of double timber doors, each with four glazed upper panels. The north elevation is made of coursed chalk on a flint plinth, featuring a single timber sliding door. The rear elevation is constructed 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 11 light windows extending across the entire elevation. A continuous clerestory of upright glazed panels runs around the north, west, and south elevations, and the barrel roof is felted.

Inside, the space is large and serves as a display area, featuring eight exposed Belfast trusses (plus two end trusses). These timber trusses have 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, and they are stamped "D ANDERSON & SON LTD ROOF CONTRACTORS BELFAST." The roof is supported by 25 purlins and has a plywood soffit. Cast iron columns support the front and rear walls, with brackets for travelling cranes. The iron frame of the building is tensioned with diagonal tensioners, and the concrete floor has a sharp break of slope down to the doors.