16 May Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 4NR

A three storey, mid 19th century Georgian style terraced house, with side entrance, one of a group of four, sitting directly on the N side of May Street. Pitched, natural slate roof with modern rooflight; moulded metal gutter on bracketted timber gutter tray; round cast iron downpipe. Red Flemish bond brickwork, the ground floor appears to be rebuilt with later brick; rusticated stucco quoins to east corner, stucco eaves fascia, string course to first floor cill and plinth under ground floor cill. Window openings with painted stucco reveals and flat brick arches, 6/6 original sashes with horns, (ground floor window openings covered by steel roll shutters). The entrance doorway, with segmental arch, has a stucco moulded surround with inset Ionic doorcase, plain fanlight over and replacement 6 panelled timber door; it is approached by 2 concrete steps. S elevation has entrance to the east side with 2 adjacent windows, first and second floors have 2 windows. W elevation abutted by adjoining terrace (HB26/50/175A). The rear, north elevation to the original building is unseen from Music Lane. The extended building on the lane is two storeys, 3 windows wide with a door to the west side. Natural slate pitched roof, painted rendered wall with arched openings with block keystones to ground floor. The ground floor openings are shuttered, the first floor 9 pane windows. E elevation abutted by adjoining, mirrored terrace (HB26/50/175C). Setting May Street is part of a busy, central thoroughfare which passes to the rear of the City Hall (HB26/50/001A). No. 16 sits opposite May Street Presbyterian church (HB26/30/031A&B). In the same terrace, adjoining the terraced group of four to the east, is John Ross & Co (HB26/30/017), nearby to the west is B.T. Shields (HB26/50/020).Materials: Roof: natural slate. Walling: brick. Windows: timber RWG: cast iron