41-51 Royal Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 1FD

A four storey building with attic, on the east side of Royal Avenue. Built c.1885 in an Italianate style. The pitched roof is unseen behind a parapet. The walls are painted brickwork with moulded render cornices to each floor, staged pilasters, architraves and decorative end panels. The openings are square headed, the dormers paired and the remaining in triplets; at attic and third floor levels they have exaggerated keystones; second and first floor they have triangular and segmental arched pediments alternately over the central windows of each group of three. Windows are 2 pane 1/1 timber sashes. Door has been removed. The west elevation has 4 dormers and is 12 windows wide (4 groups of three), pilasters frame each group and a narrower end blank bay with decorative panels. The north elevation is abutted by a four storey building. The east elevation is unseen. The south elevation is abutted by HB26/50/226. Setting: 41-51 Royal Avenue sits on the east side of the busy commercial street. To the south is HB26/50/226, opposite is Castlecourt Centre. Schedule: Roof: unseen Walls: painted brick Windows: timber sash RWGs: unseen.