370 Beersbridge Road, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT5 5DZ

Semi-detached two-bay two-storey Scrabo sandstone cottage with half-hipped fibre cement 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 roof of fibre cement slate, with projecting eaves, replacement redbrick square chimneystack to the east and original shared redbrick chimneystack to west with corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots. Front elevation of roof has exposed rafters, bracketed half round 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 on painted sills. 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 fibre-cement roof. The square-headed window openings at ground floor have a discharging arch over the lintels with 1/1 double hung sash windows having ogee horns. 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 fibre cement slate hipped roof supported by timber brackets with half-round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. The original half-glazed, panelled front door to the porch has brass door furniture and a small fanlight. The entrance is recessed and faces west, opening onto one concrete step with timber finish. There is a small, arched recess in the wall to the right of the entrance, originally the location of a cast iron boot scraper which has been removed. The square-headed window openings have a discharging arch over the lintels with top hung timber sash windows. West side elevation 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 sheeted timber door leading to back yard. The west side elevation is abutted by adjoining house No 368 (HB26/10/002C). No access to the rear elevation was granted. The original rear return appears to be present, with no apparent rear extension. The rear elevation appears to have two dormer windows. Gravelled driveway and lawn, enclosed by metal fencing and accessed by a metal gate. Materials: Roof: fibre cement slate Walling: Scrabo sandstone RWG: cast iron Windows: timber sash