11 Upper Crescent, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT7 1NT

Relatively large three storey rendered town house, one of regency style crescent of ten similar, (but not identical) properties built in 1846 and now converted to offices and flats. The grouping, ‘Upper Crescent’, is set to the E of University Road and faces, over a small public park, Lower Crescent- a similar styled development of 1852 which unlike its counterpart is arranged in straight terrace rather than crescent form. This property, which is set in the centre of the row, is one of the more ornate buildings of the grouping, having large two storey Corinthian columns to front. The front elevation is asymmetrical and faces roughly N. To the left on the ground floor is the entrance, which consists of a recessed timber panelled door with panelled pilaster jambs and rectangular fanlight. Two stone steps to door. To the left of the doorway are two tall plain sash windows. To the first floor are three larger windows set on a cill course. These have regency style sash frames (horizontal panes, 4/8). To the second floor are three pairs of narrow, semicircular headed plain sash windows. These windows rest on a more pronounced (cornice-like) cill course projection with dentillations. The ground floor level is finished in rusticated render, with the upper floors in plain render. Four large, evenly spaced Corinthian ¾ columns span the ground and first floor heights and support a projecting frieze below second floor cill course level. The far right column is square. Corresponding with these pilasters to the second floor are four panelled pilasters which rise to form parapet piers with a pierced, balustrade-like, parapet between them. The front elevation is painted. The rear elevation could not be seen in its entirety. To the right hand (E) side is the two storey gabled return. To the first floor of the gable of the return there two plain sash windows, with a smaller similar window to right on the ground floor. To the left the return merges with another two storey projection, (which probably has a mono-pitched roof). There is a recent looking broad (garage-like) doorway to the ground floor of the projection, with two windows, as before, to the first floor. Both the gable and the S face of the projection are in brick. The ‘inner’ (W) face of the return appears to have two windows and possibly a doorway to the first floor. There is one window to left on the rear façade of the main portion of the building, but to the left on the first floor and to left on the second floor are recent fire escape doorways / window arrangements. There is a (stairwell) window to right between first and second floors, with a plain sash frame. The rear façade is in brick. The gabled roof is slated. To rear side of the roof there is a small curved roof dormer, with sash window, and a Velux window. There is a tall rendered (shared) chimneystack, with projecting coping and uniform pots, to W. Cast iron rw goods.