Donegall Chambers, 11-15 Donegall Place, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 5AB

Four storey, with attic, building sitting on west side of Donegall Place on the north corner of Fountain Lane. Designed in 1932 by Kendrick Edwards it combines Art Deco composition with Classical detailing. Flat roof to main section; central tower has slightly pitched roof with gable to Donegall Place. Cast iron rainwater pipes. Walls are mainly lined render with pebble dashed render to side elevation; giant pilasters frame the building and the central tower; a moulded cornice runs below parapet of set back attic floor. Recessed full height central arched window has exaggerated keystone; windows to attic floor are flat lintelled; windows to first, second and third floors have flat lintels, moulded architraves and aproned cills. Ground floor shop fronts, extending full width, are modern. Windows are timber casements with many replacement uPVC (S of tower), the central stair tower window is metal, the windows to the side elevation are metal framed and replacement uPVC. Main, east elevation has an off-centre tower, the attic floor is set back on either side but projects forward on the south corner. A full height window in central tower, to south are 3 windows to each floor (central 6 pane, flanked by 4 pane); to north are 2 windows to each floor, all 4 paned. Side, south elevation steps down from five to four storeys three windows from east corner. The elevation is 9 windows wide with the west end having a further four windows in two horizontal groupings. Giant pilasters and cornice frame lined render four storeys high, two E windows wide, matching east elevation; the remaining wall is pebble dashed render with raised concrete architraves to windows; ground floor is painted concrete panelling with ribbed sections; the west end ground floor is divided by a concrete canopy above which are concrete fins and vertical glass block windows and grills, below are two doorways. Windows are 5 paned casements and, to the west, 1 and 2 paned top hung. Rear west elevation is abutted by two storey building, above which the pebble dashed wall is blank, surmounted by a flat roofed tower. The north elevation is abutted by HB26/50/032. Setting: Donegall Chambers forms the end of a terraced block on the west side of the busy Donegall Place, turning the corner south on to the narrow pedestrian Fountain Lane. Schedule: Roof: unseen Walls: render Windows: timber, metal and uPVC RWGs: cast iron.