78 South Parade, BELFAST, County Antrim, BT7 2GQ

Semi-detached gable-fronted three-storey redbrick house, dated 1883. Irregular on plan facing south with entrance porch and three-storey gabled projection to east side elevation, two-storey gabled wing to the northeast corner and two-storey return to rear. Located on the north side of South Parade on a modest landscaped site having rear access via rear lane. Pitched natural slate roof with roll-moulded black clay ridge tiles, segmental-headed dormer and two redbrick chimneystacks with corbelled coping. Front gable embellished with decorative timber barge boards, timber finials and painted corbels to the eaves supporting original ogee-moulded cast-iron guttering and square cast-iron downpipes. Redbrick walling laid in Flemish bond with projecting render plinth course, continuous painted flush impost courses to the upper floors and a continuous sill course to the first floor. Square-headed window openings with original single-pane timber sash windows and ogee horns. The front elevation occupies the east half of the gabled elevation and abutted by a single-storey three-sided canted bay having natural slate roof and the opes flanked by pilasters on a continuous sill course. To the centre of the gable is a painted masonry plaque stating; 'Daisyfield / Villas / 1883'. The square-headed window opes to the first floor have stop-chamfered masonry lintels set within segmental-headed brick arches while the second floor has a single segmental-headed window opening with a stop-chamfered masonry lintel and brick arch above. East side elevation has a single-bay gabled projection abutted by a single-storey bowed bay window with timber casement windows c.1940, and a lean-to entrance porch to the re-entrant angle. The entrance porch has timber barge board as per front gable while the porch has a square-headed window opening facing east with fixed-pane Art Nouveau leaded glazing. The front door to the porch faces south and has flat panels with bolection mouldings, brass door furniture and a rectangular overlight opening onto three nosed stone steps. Rear elevation abutted by lower gable-ended two-storey redbrick return and fronting onto a small enclosed yard. West elevation abutted by adjoining house No.76 (HB26/02/021A). Setting: Located on the north side of South Parade on a modest landscaped site and set among a variety of similarly aged suburban types dwellings. The garden has a redbrick boundary wall and gabled redbrick outbuilding with some appropriate alterations to the roof and fenestration. Painted timber louvres and shutters to openings on southern facade. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Redbrick Windows Timber sash