Moyrath, 270 Belmont Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT4 2AW

Detached symmetrical three-bay two-storey stucco-fronted former house, built c.1880, with central advanced entrance bay. Rectangular on plan facing south with pair of two-storey rear returns and located on a landscaped site on the west side of Belmont Road. Now subdivided into flats with a two-storey detached block to the rear, built c.2000. Hipped natural slate roof with rolled lead ridges, lead valleys and tall symmetrically-placed rendered profiled chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Moulded cast-iron guttering to bracketed deep overhanging eaves and cast-iron downpipes. Unpainted ruled-and-lined stucco walling with moulded plinth course, deep moulded cornice between floors, eaves moulding and continuous moulded sill and impost mouldings. Segmental-headed window openings to first floor, square-headed to ground floor with stop-chamfered reveals, mouldings to the heads and possibly original single-pane timber sash windows with ogee horns. Three-bay front elevation with an advanced full-height central entrance bay and windows arranged in pairs to both floors. Segmental-headed door opening with stop-chamfered surround flanked by three-quarter length pilasters surmounted by scrolled foliate console brackets supporting hood cornice. Original flat-panelled timber door with bolection moulding and glazed fanlight having gilt lettering; 'Moyrath House'. Door opens onto concrete step with short plinth wall and squat pier to the left, replicated to the right with universal access ramp behind. Two-bay west side elevation with full-height three-sided canted bay window to the right, extended to the left by a further two-bay two-storey return. Rear elevation comprises a pair of two-storey gable-ended returns with flat-roofed central section. Two-bay east side elevation with full-height three-sided canted bay window to the left, extended to the right by a further two-bay two-storey return abutted by a single-storey canted projection having hipped natural slate roof and single-pane timber sash windows. Setting: Located on a corner site at the junction of Hawthornden Gardens and Belmont Road surrounded by bitmac parking area and communal lawns. Two-storey purpose-built apartment block to the north. Site enclosed by hedgerow with rendered walls and piers to the west opening onto Hawthornden Gardens. Roof: Natural slate RWG: Cast-iron Walling: Cement stucco Windows: Timber sash