Fernhill House (Former People's Museum), Glencairn Park, Glencairn Road, Belfast, BT13 3PT

Detached three-bay two-storey rendered Classical-revival villa built in 1864 having two-bay two-storey wing extending to south-west c.1910, single-storey entrance porch to east and series of single-storey and two-storey extensions to north. Located on an elevated position to the east of Glencairn Park and approached from the south by tree-lined avenue leading from Glencairn Road. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, overhanging eaves on scrolled brackets on smooth rendered eaves course with ovolo moulding. Pair of smooth rendered chimneys with string course and moulded cornice with painted pots. uPVC ogee moulded guttering discharging to uPVC circular downpipes. Segment-headed windows throughout unless otherwise stated. Front elevation faces east and is symmetrical with a single-storey Greek Classical-style entrance portico. Paired rendered bands to north-east and south-east corners, rusticated ground floor with raised render band string course. Projecting stone plinth. Moulded surrounds to window openings with raised keystone with cornice to first floor openings; moulded painted sills. Flat roof to entrance porch having projecting cornice; raised parapet with balustrade and moulded cornice. Rusticated rendered walls with paired vertical rendered bands to corners of entrance porch. Square-headed doorway with moulded surround having projecting cornice on scrolled fluted brackets. Timber-panelled entrance door with fanlight over. Series of stone steps with raised stringers approaching entrance. South elevation has single-storey advanced bay with flat roof having projecting cornice and raised cornice piers. Extension to south-east has hipped pyramidal slate roof, rendered walls with single-storey canted bay having hipped roof. West elevation: Not surveyed. North elevation has window to ground floor and pair of windows to first floor with single-storey flat-roofed extension extending north. Setting: Located on an elevated position overlooking Glencairn Park, the building is approached by a series of rendered steps leading to entrance portico. A series of outbuildings (HB.26.38.004B) are located to the north and the complex is enclosed by a stone boundary wall to the west and north with metal fencing to the east and south. Materials: Roof: Slate RWG: uPVC Walls: Smooth render Windows: Original timber sliding sash (1/1)