201 Donegall Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT1 2FL

Terraced three-storey over basement redbrick townhouse, built c.1820, as part of a terrace of eight similar houses, Nos. 207-215 demolished c.1990. Restored and partially reconstructed c.1993. Square on plan with small front railed basement area and set on a slightly elevated site on the east side of Donegall Street at the junction with Carrick Hill. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rebuilt redbrick profiled chimneystack to both party walls. Cast-iron guttering on drive-through brackets to projecting brick eaves course and cast-iron downpipe. Redbrick walling laid in Flemish bond. Gauged brick square-headed window openings with flush rendered reveals, sandstone sills and replacement 6/6 timber sash windows throughout. Front elevation is two windows wide to the upper floors, ground floor windows closely spaced with a gauged brick round-headed door opening to the right. The doorcase comprises a projecting moulded surround with six-panelled timber door flanked by slender timber pilasters to a simple lintel cornice and spoked webbed fanlight set in a scalloped surround. Door opens onto replacement sandstone platform and steps enclosed by replacement iron railings returning to enclose the basement area and set on replacement sandstone plinth wall. North side elevation abutted by adjoining house No.203 (HB26/50/085B). The rear is four storeys in height and has staggered fenestration reflecting the rear stairhall with gauged brick square-headed window openings, sandstone sills and replacement 6/6 timber sash windows. South side elevation abutted by adjoining house No.199, the former Bishop’s Palace, now the Parochial House to St. Patrick’s R.C. Church (HB26/50/077). Setting: Set on a slightly elevated site at the north end of Donegall Street with a landscaped raised area buffering the terrace from the street. Each house has a rear yard enclosed by timber fence with a bitmac car park behind. Roof: Natural slate RWG : Cast-iron Walling: Redbrick Windows: Replacement timber sash