6 Cyprus Avenue, Belfast, Co. Antrim, BT5 5NT

A two storey semi-detached sandstone house dating from c.1877 attributed to local architects Young & Mackenzie. L-shaped plan form with a two-storey hipped roof bay to front, a two-storey modern extension to rear and a projecting 3-sided modern cantilevered extension to FF to rear. The house is abutted to W by 4 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.020 A) and they form a group of two pairs of semi-detached houses with 2 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.021 A) and 99 Upper Newtownards Road (listed under HB26.14.021 B). The site is situated to the N side of Cyprus Avenue. Pitched natural slate roof with angled black-clay ridge tiles and projecting eaves. uPVC half-round guttering discharging to circular downpipes. Two rectangular section rendered chimney stacks with corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots. Walling laid to rock-faced random-coursed Scrabo sandstone with chamfered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with flat-arch lintels and painted cills, having original 2/1 to GF and 4/1 double hung timber sashes with ogee horns to FF (unless otherwise stated). South elevation: The principal elevation faces S and consists of a bay to W, a projecting three-sided canted bay immediately to E and a recessed bay to E end. Two windows to GF and one to FF to W bay. Square-headed door opening to E bay with chamfered stone surround and a panelled and glazed timber door with fanlight; cast metal lamp mounted on wall to right of door. East elevation: The E elevation consists of a bay to S, two projecting gabled bays and a lean-to bay to N. uPVC casement window to N bay to GF and 1/1 double-hung timber sash window above. North elevation: The rear elevation faces N and has a replacement uPVC casement window and two square-headed door openings with replacement glazed timber doors to GF. Modern gabled projection to W end at FF level supported on timber brackets having plain barge boards, vertical hung slates to elevation and uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window opening with 2/2 double-hung timber sash window to centre of FF. West elevation: The W elevation is abutted by 4 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.020 A). Setting: The house has a gravelled driveway and a large lawned garden to E and N and modest landscaped garden to S; enclosed by hedge to S, E and N, timber fence to NW. Painted cast iron gate to S supported on metal standards topped by fleur-de-lys finials. The house is part of a group of two pairs of semi-detached houses including 4 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.020 A), 2 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.021 A) and 99 Upper Newtownards Road (listed under HB26.14.021 B) built on a large site between Cyprus Avenue, Beersbridge Road and Upper Newtownards Road. Materials Roof: natural slate RWG: uPVC Walling: rock-faced, random-coursed Scrabo sandstone Windows: 2/1 to GF/ 4/1 double hung timber sashes to FF