427 Beersbridge Road, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT5 5DU

A two-storey, five-bay late-Victorian house built in 1894-95, located on the south side of Beersbridge Road at its junction with Sagimor Gardens. The building is orientated north-west to south-east on a level site bounded by hedging.

The roof comprises a combination of hipped and pitched natural slate with gabled projections over the east and west bays of the front elevation, and a smaller gabled projection over the middle bay. All gables feature ornate fretted timber bargeboards with tall carved finials at the apex and interlocking ridge tiles to the ridge. The pitched natural slate roof extends to the rear return.

The main north-west elevation displays two projecting gabled square bays flanking a central gabled section. The west and east projecting bays are identical, each containing two segmental arched window openings to ground floor level and two round-arched windows to first floor. The walls are smooth rendered with plain coursed rustication to ground floor level and quoins to both storeys at either end. An applied motif ornaments the apex of the gables to the projecting bays. Windows feature moulded architraves with decorated keystones and continuous cill courses; all are timber 1/1 sliding sash with horns. The central gabled section contains a timber and glazed entrance door set within a timber and glazed screen with moulded architrave comprising fluted pilasters, panelled reveals and an ornate keystone. A tiled step leads to the entrance. Above, a round-arched window with timber 1/1 sliding sash is positioned at first floor level. All walls now carry a textured masonry paint finish.

The north-west elevation of the return displays a single-storey extension with a flat roof and smooth rendered walls. This elevation features two segmental arched window openings to first floor level (uPVC windows), two modern square and rectangular openings to ground floor with fixed timber windows, and a recent single-storey projecting porch with mono-pitch roof and artificial slates, uPVC gutter and timber fascias. The porch contains a timber and glazed door with an attached window opening with uPVC window, and a timber-clad section with a modern timber door to the south end. A uPVC conservatory projects from the first floor level to the south end, featuring a polycarbonate hipped roof and top-hung opening lights with stained glass detail.

The south-east elevation contains, to the west end, a small gabled dormer rising from the main wall with ornate fretted bargeboard, moulded surround and uPVC window to first floor. Quoins extend to both storeys. An angled bay window to ground floor has a flat roof, moulded cornice and uPVC windows. The central return carries a pitched natural slate roof with a modern uPVC conservatory to the gable end at first floor level. To the east end, a small gabled dormer rising from the main wall features an ornate fretted bargeboard and uPVC window to first floor level, with a single square-headed opening to ground floor containing a uPVC window.

The south-west elevation displays an ornate fretted bargeboard to the gable, smooth rendered walls with quoins to both ends, and a single window opening with moulded surround to centre at ground floor level containing a timber 1/1 sliding sash window and a continuous cill course. The south-west elevation of the return contains, to the north end, a single window opening to first floor level with a timber 1/1 sliding sash window and a modern square-headed opening with uPVC window to ground floor. Quoins are present to the south end. A modern uPVC conservatory extends from first floor level at the south end of the return.

The north-west elevation has an ornate fretted bargeboard to the gable, plain rendered walls with quoins to the north end only, and no openings.

The setting comprises a rendered wall with a square-headed opening fitted with a modern metal up-and-over garage door to the south, providing a shared boundary between the rear yard and an access lane from Sagimor Gardens to Martinez Avenue. Access to the front is gained via a gateway comprising redbrick gate piers with projecting plinth, stone capping and modern metal gates on Beersbridge Road. A separate vehicular access to the rear is provided by metal gates and gateposts in Sagimor Gardens.

The rainwater goods are a mix of cast-iron and uPVC. The walls are rendered with a textured masonry paint finish. Windows comprise a mix of timber sliding sash and uPVC.