2-14 Union Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 2JF

A four storey red brick former warehouse running along the south side of Union Street turning the corner into Little Donegall Street Built c.1895 by J.J. Stafford and Sons Ltd.. The roof is pitched slate (unseen) behind a solid parapet. A gutter sits on the facade fed from the parapet gutter through arched outlets; it is uPVC and the rainwater downpipes are round cast iron and replacement uPVC. The walls are red brick laid in English garden wall bond; moulded brick cornice; moulded brick strings below each cill level except ground floor where projecting brick connects cills; terracotta plaques of roses within whorls of foliage runs below second floor string. Windows to each floor have segmental arches, bullnosed surrounds and sandstone cills to upper floors, grey stone to ground floor; the ground floor windows to numbers 2-10 have been widened (unseen behind shutters and modern fascia). Three main doors have bracketed pediments over segmental arches. The windows are 2 pane 1/1 timber sashes. Doors are replacement timber. The main northwest elevation is 21 windows wide with one window wide canted corner to right. A door sits to the left corner, one 11 windows to right with a secondary door adjacent to right, a further door is located on canted corner. The side northeast elevation is abutted by a building. The rear southeast elevation is abutted by a modern single storey building above which is blank brick. The side southwest elevation is 2 window wide with the canted corner to the left. It matches the northwest elevation, a second floor window has been replaced with louvred doors. Setting: The building sits along the south side of narrow Union Street turning the corner into Little Donegall Street. On the opposite side of Union Street is a three storey terrace with The Front Page pub (HB26/50/309) on the east corner. Scedule: Roof: slate (unseen) Walls: brick Windows: timber sash RWGs: cast iron and replacement uPVC.