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

Semi-detached two-bay two-storey Scrabo sandstone cottage with half-hipped natural slate roof, dated 1880, most likely by architects Young & Mackenzie. Rectangular plan form facing south with entrance canopy to east side elevation, and single storey returns to rear. Forming part of a row of three pairs of semi-detached cottages to the north of Beersbridge Road, (HB26/10/002 A-F). Half-hipped artifical slate roof, with projecting eaves, replacement redbrick square chimneystack to the east and original shared redbrick chimneystack to west with stone base, corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots. Front elevation of roof has exposed rafters, bracketed ogee cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. East side of roof has exposed purlins and angled red-clay hip-tiles. Stone walling laid in un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with cut stone plinth course, continuous cut stone sill to first floor and windows flanked by stone dressings. The front elevation has two asymmetrical bays each with a square-headed window to the ground floor and a flat-headed lucarne (dormer built off face of the wall) with a natural slate roof. The square-headed window openings at ground floor have a discharging arch over the lintels with original 1/1 double hung sash windows having ogee horns and surviving shutters to interior. Both ground and first floor openings to west bay consist of paired, sash windows. The east side elevation has decorative timber barge boards and has a projecting entrance canopy with a natural slate hipped roof supported by timber brackets with half-round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. The replacement timber, 4 panelled, glazed front door to the porch has black iron door furniture and a fanlight. The entrance is recessed and faces east, opening onto a stone step. There is a small arched recess in the wall to the right of the entrance, the original location of a cast iron boot scraper, which has been removed. The square-headed window openings have a discharging arch over the lintels with original sash windows. East side elevation is abutted by a stone wall laid in un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with cut stone plinth course, cut-stone capping and a square-headed door opening with a plain, single panel door leading to back yard. The west side elevation is attached to adjoining house No 364 (HB26/10/002 A). No access to the rear was obtained. The original rear return appears to be present, with no apparent rear extension. The rear elevation appears to have two dormer windows. Gravel driveway to east side, gravel garden to front, enclosed by a hedge and timber fencing. Materials: Roof: artifical slate Walling: Scrabo sandstone RWG: cast iron Windows: timber sash