2 St. Judes Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, BT7 2GZ

A symmetrical three-bay two-storey former rectory for St Jude’s Parish Church, now office, built c.1880 to designs by John Lanyon and located on the corner of St Jude’s Avenue and the Ormeau Road south of Belfast city centre. L-shaped plan with two-storey canted bay window to west and single-storey extension to rear. Hipped natural slate roof with decorative terracotta ridge tiles and finials. Four red-brick chimneystacks having clay pots on masonry plinths. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods with hopper on corbelled eaves course. Walling is Flemish-bonded red-brick on smooth rendered plinth with smooth rendered string course to ground floor and continuous sills to both floors; decorative black tile detail between corbels at eaves band. Windows are 2/2 timber-framed sliding sash with horizontal glazing bars and painted smooth rendered lintels; windows to ground floor are segmental-headed with key-block. The principal elevation faces south and is three openings wide. Central entrance comprises bolection-moulded four-panelled timber door with brass door furniture and transom light; smooth rendered surround with corbelled canopy having decorative cast-iron brackets. The west elevation has two-storey canted bay at left and a window to each floor at right. The north (rear) elevation has a projecting bay to centre and left of centre (that to left is wider and projects further). The right bay is blank, abutted at ground level by a slated lean-to. Central and left projecting bays each have a window to first floor and two windows to ground floor. The basement level central bay has a small single-storey extension, abutting the exposed section of left bay.The Left bay has a single-storey extension abutting a yard wall. The east elevation has two windows to first and ground floor; at ground-floor right is a timber casement window. Setting: Prominently sited on the corner of St Jude’s Avenue and Ormeau Road, facing St Jude’s Parish Church (HB26/02/005A) and opposite Ballynafeigh Methodist Church. Set back from the street, lawned to front with central pathway and ramped access to entrance. Tarmacadamed parking area to west and north; shared driveway with neighbouring apartment block to east. Paved rear yard is enclosed by a red-brick wall with timber-sheeted gate. Enclosed to south and east by red-brick boundary wall topped by original cast-iron railings with red-brick and masonry piers. Original cast-iron latch gate to entrance; modern metal gate at vehicular access to west. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Flemish-bonded red-brick Windows: 2/2 timber-framed sash RWG: Cast-iron