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

A semi-detached two-storey cottage built around 1880, most likely designed by architects Young & Mackenzie. It is constructed from un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with a stone-cut plinth course and forms part of a row of three pairs of semi-detached cottages north of Beersbridge Road.

The building is rectangular in plan, facing south, with a half-hipped natural slate roof featuring projecting eaves and exposed rafters to the front. A shared redbrick chimneystack with corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots runs across the roof. The guttering is bracketed ogee-moulded cast iron with circular cast-iron downpipes. The east side of the roof displays exposed purlins, angled red-clay hip-tiles, and a fleur-de-lis shaped clay finial.

The front elevation is composed of two asymmetrical bays. Each bay contains a square-headed window at ground floor level, fitted with replacement 1/1 double-hung timber sash windows with chamfered horns. Above these, flat-headed lucarnes (dormers built off the face of the wall) with natural slate roofs project from the roofline. The ground and first floor openings to the west bay consist of paired sash windows. All window openings are flanked by stone dressings on painted sills, and the ground floor windows have discharging arches over their lintels.

An entrance canopy with a natural slate hipped roof, supported by timber brackets, projects from the east side elevation. The canopy features half-round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. The recessed entrance faces east and opens onto two tiled steps, with a replacement half-glazed timber sheeted front door. A stone boot scraper is built into the wall to the right of the entrance. The east side elevation features decorative timber barge boards.

The east side elevation is abutted by a stone wall constructed in un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with a stone-cut plinth course and cut-stone capping. This wall contains a square-headed door opening with a sheeted timber door providing access to the back yard.

The west side elevation is abutted by the adjoining house, No. 372. To the rear, a red-brick single-storey return with a pitched slate roof and angled red-clay hip-tiles extends to the west, paired with the return of the adjoining house. A single dormer window with a natural slate roof and angled red-clay hip-tiles lights the rear elevation, while a roof light has replaced the dormer window to the east. Modern single-storey extensions and a shed exist to the west, though full rear access was not available for detailed inspection.

The site is accessed from the east off Ravenscroft Avenue and comprises a small front garden enclosed by a hedge, and a yard to the east side with painted metal railings and gate. The rear is enclosed by a rendered wall.