372 Beersbridge Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT5 5DZ

372 Beersbridge Road is a grade B2 semi-detached two-storey cottage built in 1880, most likely designed by architects Young & Mackenzie. Constructed of un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with a stone-cut plinth course, it forms part of a row of three pairs of semi-detached cottages north of Beersbridge Road in Belfast.

The building presents a rectangular plan form facing south with two asymmetrical bays. The half-hipped natural slate roof features projecting eaves and exposed rafters to the front elevation, with bracketed ogee-moulded cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. The west bay has exposed purlins, angled red-clay hip-tiles and a fleur-de-lis shaped clay finial. A rebuilt redbrick chimneystack stands to the west, while the original shared redbrick chimneystack to the east retains corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots.

The front elevation has continuous stone-cut sills to the first floor with stone dressings flanking the windows on painted sills. Each bay contains a square-headed ground floor window and a flat-headed lucarne (dormer projecting from the wall face) with natural slate roof. The ground floor openings have discharging arches over the lintels and are glazed with reglazed 1/1 double-hung timber sash windows with ogee horns. The east bay features paired sash windows at both ground and first floor levels. All windows have painted sills.

The west side elevation is distinguished by decorative timber barge boards and an entrance canopy with a hipped natural slate roof supported by timber brackets. The canopy has half-round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. The recessed porch entrance, which faces west onto a stone step, contains a replacement half-glazed timber panelled front door with brass door furniture and fanlight. A stone boot scraper is built into the wall to the right of the entrance. The square-headed window openings on this elevation have discharging arches and replacement timber top-hung casement windows. A stone wall of un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with stone-cut plinth course and cut-stone capping abuts this elevation, with a square-headed door opening fitted with a sheeted timber door leading to the back yard.

The east side elevation is abutted by the adjoining house (No 374). The rear elevation contains a red-brick single-storey extension to the east with pitched slate roof and red-clay angled hip-tiles, paired with the adjoining house. Two modern one-storey extensions are also present to the rear. This elevation has two dormer windows with natural slate roofs and angled red-clay hip-tiles, with square-headed window openings fitted with replacement timber top-hung casement windows. A timber rooflight and modern double-leaf eight-paned timber door serve the extension.

The front yard is divided between a paved and gravel driveway accessed by a metal gate and a modest landscaped garden enclosed by hedging. The rear is enclosed by a rendered wall.