39 Park Road, BELFAST, County Antrim, BT7 2FX

39 Park Road is a mid-terrace three-storey house built around 1924, constructed as one of four identical houses on the south side of Park Road in Belfast. The building is rectangular on plan and faces north.

The house is covered in painted rough-cast render with a pitched natural slate roof finished with roll-moulded terracotta ridge tiles. Shared redbrick chimneystacks rise at either end, and plastic guttering is fitted to the timber fascia.

The front elevation is two windows wide and features square-headed window openings with rendered surrounds, masonry sills and timber sash windows with ogee horns. The ground floor contains a distinctive three-sided canted bay window with original timber casement windows having leaded overlights and a concrete sill. The off-centre entrance has an original double-leaf flat-panelled timber door with a rectangular overlight, topped by a three-centred arched concrete canopy supported on concrete brackets. The door opens onto a stone step leading to a concrete paved footpath.

The east side elevation is abutted by the adjoining house at number 41. The rear elevation is of redbrick construction, three storeys high, and adjoined by a gable-ended two-storey redbrick return. This rear elevation contains square-headed window openings, some with replacement concrete lintels, masonry sills and uPVC windows. The west side elevation is abutted by the adjoining house at number 37.

The terrace of four similar houses was constructed by McIntyre Brothers, contractors, and first appears on the fifth edition Ordnance Survey map of 1931. The house was originally called Belmont. Park Road was developed in the early twentieth century as the last of three residential roads connecting the Ormeau and Ravenhill Roads, following the construction of Cooke Centenary Church in the early 1890s. In 1901 there were only six houses in Park Road; by 1931 the road had been fully developed. The initial occupant was Alexander J Campbell, a manager, who lived here until 1928. He was followed by J N Brodie, an electrical engineer, who remained in residence until at least 1950.