1 College Park East, Belfast, BT7 1PS

1 College Park East, Belfast is a High Victorian red brick end-of-terrace house built in 1869 to a design by Young & MacKenzie. Located at the junction of College Park East and University Avenue, it now functions as university offices. The building is part of a terrace of six similarly styled properties, with neighbouring numbers 2 and 3 dating to the same period. The entire terrace, together with Hope House in College Park to the south-east, has been internally integrated. The site sits immediately south of Union Theological College and to the east of Queen's University's main buildings.

The building is two and a half storeys in height, with its entrance facing north into University Avenue on the longer side elevation. Materials include a natural Welsh slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, red brick walls laid in Flemish bond, timber sliding sash windows with horns (likely replacements, now single-glazed), cast iron rainwater goods, and stone detailing to window surrounds and base courses.

The main structure is essentially rectangular on an east-west axis with gabled ends. The narrow west front forms part of the terrace frontage and features a two-storey canted flat-roofed bay. The east (rear) elevation has a lower two-storey gabled projection, which is abutted to the east by an L-shaped row of single-storey lean-to sheds. The south yard-facing side of the main block has a flat-roofed single-storey extension that covers part of the yard and links to the return of number 2. The forecourt, now paved with concrete paving stones, has a painted plinth wall to street and replacement painted metal railings.

The north elevation, facing onto University Avenue, displays the principal architectural detailing. The four window openings to each floor have bevelled brick relieving arches and reveal detailing with painted stone header bands. A decorative brick and terracotta band runs between floor levels, with a painted stone base course at ground level. The entrance, positioned second from the right on the ground floor, features a tall semicircular opening with stone surround, including three-quarter column jambs with tall bases and Corinthian-like foliate capitals, painted brick reveal, and a recessed panelled timber door. The attic level has a wall-head dormer with a semicircular-headed opening (now with a replacement casement frame). Window openings feature a mixture of shallow segmental, flat and semicircular heads with painted stone sills, and 1/1 timber sash frames with horns. The overhanging roof shows exposed rafter ends. Four brick chimneystacks rise from the building; one is shared with number 2. The merging point with a tall brick wall to the east has a pierced brick and stone parapet with stone coping.

The west elevation bay has window openings to each facet on both floors. At attic level are paired semicircular-headed openings with a central three-quarter colonette featuring a twisted shaft. The bargeboards to the bay carry simple decorative detailing.

The east elevation's ground level gabled projection is covered by the lean-to shed structure. The upper landing level of the projection contains three windows of similar height but different widths. The window furthest left, which lights the stairwell, has shouldered corners and a margin paned sash frame with coloured and patterned glazing. The remaining windows have flat heads and regular 2/2 sash frames. Above the projection on the main body are additional windows to the upper and uppermost floors.

The south elevation is largely utilitarian, serving the rear yard area, which along with those of neighbouring buildings now functions as a small car park. It contains a small number of window and doorway openings, some with recent flat panel doors. The yard-facing walls are without decorative detailing.

To the rear stands a small two-storey return with a former yard area and attached single-storey outbuildings, backing onto a wide alleyway that runs along the rear of the entire terrace.