16 Knockbreda Park, Belfast, BT6 0HB

16 Knockbreda Park is a two-storey semi-detached house dating from the 1930s, located in a residential area near Ormeau Road approximately 3 kilometres from Belfast city centre. The area consists mainly of late 19th and early 20th century red-brick semi-detached housing, and this building is part of a group of similar inter-war period properties.

The house is rectangular on plan with a small single-storey return to the rear. The roof is double-pitched, finished with natural Welsh slate to the front and fibre-cement to the rear, with blue-black clay tiles to the ridge and hip. Rainwater goods are uPVC. The walls are finished in slap-dash painted render. Windows throughout are single-glazed with multi-pane metal frames. All openings are square-headed with plain reveals and concrete cills.

The front elevation faces south and contains the front door positioned to the left, with a substantial two-storey breakfront to the right. The door opening is surrounded by rustic red-clay brick coins on the side reveals, topped with a concrete semi-circular projecting hood and a single recessed concrete step. The door itself is painted timber, half-glazed with timber panelling to the lower section and a stained glass panel to the upper section. The breakfront curves in quadrant profile where it meets the south façade for its entire height. Large rectangular multi-paned metal windows occupy both ground and first floor levels within the breakfront, their openings, frames and glazing all curving in quadrant profile. A narrower portrait-style multi-paned window sits at first floor level above the front door. The elevation features deep overhanging eaves with plain painted timber soffits and fascia. A large single red-brick chimney rises centrally within the shared roof with number 18, plainly detailed with a slightly projecting double soldier course in brown brick at the cap (possibly replacement) and a single ventilation cowl, with original clay pots having been removed.

The rear elevation faces north and has a small single-storey return with mono-pitched roof to the right. A large rectangular multi-paned metal window sits on the left at ground floor level, with an identical window directly above at first floor. A narrower window sits to the right at first floor. The return features a small rectangular painted timber casement window on its north façade and an original painted timber panelled door on its east façade, with an upper glazed panel. The door is accessed via ad hoc timber steps and is covered by an ad hoc corrugated mono-pitch hood flush with the return's roof and wall. Internal roofing and guttering detailing match the front elevation, except the roof finish here is fibre-cement.

The west side elevation is plainly detailed with four randomly positioned multi-paned metal windows: three at ground floor level and one at first floor. Two narrow windows at ground floor serve the hall and under-stairs toilet respectively, whilst a square window serves the kitchen. A larger portrait-style stairwell window at first floor has patterned obscure glazing panes. The walls, eaves, roof and guttering follow the front elevation pattern.

The east elevation abuts number 18 Knockbreda Park.

The front garden comprises a tarmacadam driveway to the left and a large flower bed bounded by hedgerow to the south and east. The driveway is accessed via 20th century painted metal gates (replacement) mounted on a pair of replacement concrete posts. To the rear is a lawned area bounded by hedgerow to the east and wire fence boundary to the north. A plain rectangular single-storey shed sits at the west boundary with a double-pitched felt roof, horizontal timber boarding to the walls and concrete plinth. It has a single window to the east and large boarded painted timber double doors to the south (replacement).