Glenside Lodge, 68 Ligoniel Road, Belfast, Co Antrim BT14 8BY

Detached symmetrical three-bay single-storey stucco-fronted former gate lodge, built c.1859, with pedimented entrance portico and flat-roofed rear extension. Rectangular on plan facing west and located within its own mature site on the south side of Ligoniel Road. Hipped natural slate roof with synthetic ridge tiles, lead valleys and central rendered profiled chimneystack with terracotta pots. Moulded cast-iron guttering supported on moulded and bracketed overhanging eaves. Painted channel-rusticated stucco walling with plinth course and clasping corner pilasters. Square-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds and diamond-faced keystones framing original paired horizontally-glazed 2/2 timber sash windows without horns. Three-bay front elevation with pedimented Doric entrance portico. Square-headed door opening flanked by Doric pilasters with responding Doric columns supporting entablature and bracketed pediment housing painted shield depicting an axe-yielding lion. Single-bay side elevation, detailed as per front elevation. Rear elevation abutted by single-storey flat-roofed extension and small rear yard enclosed by ruled-and-lined rendered wall. South side elevation not seen. Setting: Located on a mature site on the south side of Ligoniel Road enclosed by tall hedgerow and accessed via short bitmac driveway opening onto the road via pair of timber gates hung on octagonal rendered piers with moulded plinths and splayed red brick walls. Roof: Natural slate RWG: Cast-iron Walling: Painted stucco Windows: Timber sash