Street sign at junction of Kensington Road and Knock Road, Belfast BT5 6BL

Freestanding street sign of c.1907 at the junction of Kensington Road and Knock Road, a suburban area in east Belfast. This sign is typical of those used throughout the then Belfast Corporation area in the early to mid 20th century, being composed white on black tiles sporting slightly elongated sans serif lettering. The glazed tiles themselves are roughly 12cm high and of slightly varying widths according to the nature of the character thereon, with most displaying a white letter on a black background, in this case spelling KENSINGTON ROAD (one word above the other.) They are set on what seems to be a (cement?) back plate with additional blank tiles used to fill the extra space on the lower row. Moulded tiling frames the sign and this is encased with a wrought iron frame, which is attached to a fluted cast-iron post topped with a ball finial.