29-31 Waring Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 2DY

A three storey red brick commercial building on the corner of the south side of Waring Street and Skipper Street. Built 1902-3 in a simple Classical style. Roof is flat, unseen behind solid parapet, rainwater pipes are recessed replacement square metal. Walls are red brick laid in English garden wall bond; moulded stone and brick cornice; ashlar stone string over and connecting windows with projecting brick mould over that on first floor; terracotta floral string between windows; dentilled brick string below second floor windows. Ground floor has a stone entablature on stone pilasters with recessed panels to shafts, egg and dart capitals. The windows are 2 pane 1/1 timber sashes, the ground floor has plate glass windows and doors. The main north elevation is 6 windows wide, regularly spaced. The ground floor has 5 columns, the main entrance is flanked by windows with an original secondary doorway to the west now a window. The side east elevation is 2 windows wide, 3 columns to the ground floor. The rear south elevation is abutted by a three-storey building. The side west elevation is abutted by a modern three-storey building. Setting The building sits on the corner of Waring Street and Skipper Street in the heart of the Cathedral Quarter. On the opposite side of Skipper Street is a former Ulster Bank building (now The Cloth Ear HB26/50/058B) and The Merchant Hotel (HB26/50/058A). Roof: flat unseen Walls: brick Windows: timber RWGs: metal.