368 Beersbridge Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT5 5DZ

Semi-detached two-bay two-storey Scrabo sandstone cottage with half-hipped natural slate roof, dated 1880, most likely by architects Young & Mackenzie. Rectangular plan form facing south with entrance canopy to west side elevation, and single storey returns to rear. Forming part of a row of three pairs of semi-detached cottages to the north of Beersbridge Road, (HB26/10/002 A-F). Half-hipped roof of natural slate, with projecting eaves, original redbrick chimneystacks to the west and shared redbrick chimneystack to east with corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots. Front elevation of roof has exposed rafters, bracketed half round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. West side of roof has exposed purlins and angled red-clay hip-tiles. Stone walling laid in un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with cut stone plinth course, continuous cut stone sill to first floor and windows flanked by stone dressings on painted sills. The front elevation has two asymmetrical bays each with a square-headed window to the ground floor and a flat-headed lucarne (dormer built off face of the wall) with a natural slate roof. The square-headed window openings at ground floor have a discharging arch over the lintels with original 1/1 double hung sash windows having ogee horns. Both ground and first floor openings to east bay consist of paired, double hung sash windows. The west side elevation has decorative timber barge boards and has a projecting entrance canopy with a natural slate hipped roof supported by timber brackets with half-round cast-iron guttering and circular cast-iron downpipes. The replacement half-glazed timber panelled front door to the porch has brass door furniture and a small fanlight. The entrance is recessed and faces west, opening onto two tiled steps. There is a cast iron boot scraper built into a small arched recess, in the wall to the right of the entrance. The square-headed window openings have a discharging arch over the lintels, ground floor window and doorway to west have painted jambs to match painted sill. The west side elevation is abutted by a stone wall laid in un-coursed rock-faced Scrabo sandstone with cut stone plinth course, cut-stone capping and a square-headed door opening with a sheeted timber door. The east side elevation is attached to adjoining house No 370 (HB26/10/002D). No access to the rear was granted. However, it would appear that there is a single storey extension to the rear of the stone yard wall. Rear elevation also appears to have two rebuilt dormer windows, similar to those in adjoining buildings. The front has a part paved, concrete and gravelled driveway and a lawned garden enclosed by a timber fence, accessed by a cast iron gate. Materials: Roof: natural slate Walling: Scrabo sandstone RWG: cast iron Windows: timber sash