27 Bloomfield Road, Belfast

Semi-detached three-storey redbrick Arts & Crafts style house with applied timber framing to 2nd storey, dated 1900, most likely by architect W.J. Moore. Regular plan form facing north with a three-storey gabled bay to front elevation, a two-storey gabled projection to east elevation and a two-storey return to rear. The house forms part of a row of 3 pairs of semi-detached houses to the south side of Bloomfield Road. Pitched natural slate roof with roll top red-clay ridge tiles, red-clay knob finials and a shared redbrick chimneystack with corbelled coping. All gables have timber barge boards; half-round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes throughout. Redbrick walling is laid to a variation between the English-garden bond and the Scottish bond (four courses of stretchers to one of headers) with projecting plinth course. Window openings to principal elevations are square-headed with stop-chamfer jambs to brick openings with replacement 1/1 double-hung timber sash windows with chamfered horns. The front elevation has a two-storey three-sided canted bay supporting a third storey gabled projection, rendered with mock timber detailing. The elevation is embellished with timber brackets, continuous painted sill course, flush painted lintel course, terracotta mouldings and terracotta plaque to the centre of each bay. A two-storey single bay gabled projection to the east side elevation contains a segmental-headed door opening, facing north, with replacement timber panelled door and fanlight approached by a single nosed step. The west elevation has painted sills, flush painted lintels and terracotta mouldings. There is a terracotta plaque over the main doorcase and a small porch to southeast end. The rear elevation is abutted by a two-storey redbrick return with pitched natural slate roof, roll top red-clay ridge tiles and has a single course of decorative bricks. The window openings to the rear are square-headed with replacement top-hung timber casement windows. New openings to ground floor of return have replacement timber casement windows and a modern glazed door. West side elevation abutted by adjoining house No. 25 (HB26/10/001C). The front yard is divided into a paved pathway and a modest landscaped garden enclosed by a hedge and a metal gate. The rear yard is paved and enclosed by a timber fence, while the rear porch is timber boarded. Directly to the rear of the building is an alleyway separating the dwelling from a row of three-storey terraced houses. The terrace forms the end of three terraced streets, facing North East and fronting on to Bloomfield Road near St Donards Church of Ireland (HB26.10.03) Materials: Roof: natural slate RWG: cast-iron Walling: red brick Windows: replacement timber sash