40 St. Johns Park, BELFAST, BT7 3JG

40 St. Johns Park, Belfast

A three-storey semi-detached house of 1908, attached to number 12 St John's Avenue, set on the corner of St John's Park and St John's Avenue near Ormeau Road, approximately 3 kilometres from the city centre. The building is situated in a residential area comprising mainly early to mid-20th century semi-detached red-brick housing with double canted bay fronts.

The house is square on plan with a double-pitched roof, side entrance porch, and a rectangular single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear. The roof is covered with replacement red concrete roof tiles with ridge tiles. Rainwater goods are painted cast iron. The walls are finished in red-brick to ground level in Flemish bond, with painted rough-cast render to first floor level. Windows are generally single-glazed painted timber sliding sash, with uPVC to the rear extension.

Front elevation (facing east) The front elevation features a gabled three-storey projecting bay to the left-hand side, with a projecting bay at ground level flush with the left gable to the right. The left-hand side projecting gable at ground level contains a canted bay with three windows, plain brick piers, and a high parapet roof with scallop detail and slim concrete copings. The projecting bay on the right has a pair of windows and a mono-pitch roof with red concrete tiles. Window openings are square-headed with plain painted concrete lintels and concrete cills. Walls are finished in smooth red-clay brick in Flemish bond. At first floor level are two similar segmental-arch headed 'Wyatt' style windows centrally located above each bay. Each comprises a central 6/1 window flanked by two 2/1 side lights, with red-brick surrounds featuring reveals in the style of quoins. On the left projecting gable at second floor level is a centrally located oval window opening with red-brick surround, containing a painted timber oval window with central pivot opening. A single square flat-roofed dormer with lead covering and painted timber square window is centrally located over the right-hand side projecting bay. Walls are slap dash render, painted off-white. Deep overhanging eaves have painted timber exposed rafter ends, moulded fascia, and cast-iron guttering. To the right is a slim red-brick chimney with slim moulded concrete cap and red-clay pots.

Rear elevation (facing west) The rear elevation features a gabled three-storey projecting bay to the right-hand side. To the left at ground level is a small outhouse with painted boarded timber door and flat roof. A window opening at this level contains a 1/1 sliding sash window, and at first floor a window opening with 6/1 sliding sash; both openings have flat segmental arched heads. To the right at ground level is attached a single-storey flat-roofed kitchen extension. The right-hand side projecting gable at first floor level has three similar square-headed stairwell windows with stained glass, possibly replacing earlier sliding sash windows. At second floor level, to the left is a round-headed arched window opening with arched overlight and 4/1 sliding sash window with the lower section in stained glass. To the right is a segmental-headed arched window with 6/2 sliding sash window opening. Walls to the left are red-brick in Flemish bond, and to the right are slap dash render, painted off-white. Cills are painted concrete. Deep overhanging eaves have painted timber moulded fascia, exposed rafter ends, boarded timber soffit, and cast-iron guttering. The roof is double-pitched with replacement red concrete roof tiles and ridge tiles. On the apex of the gable is a tall moulded ventilation pipe. To the left is a red-brick chimney with slim moulded concrete cap and red-clay pots.

Side elevation (south) The side elevation has a slightly projecting porch almost in the centre, a pair of narrow windows to the left-hand side, and a large replacement window opening to the right. The pair of windows have flat segmental arched heads, concrete cills, and 1/1 single-glazed sliding sash windows with obscure glass. The replacement window to the right is square-headed with slim concrete bowed lintel and bowed concrete cill; the window is painted timber with plain leaded glass. The projecting porch has a door to the left and a window to the right, with a painted timber canopy overhead supported on carved painted timber brackets and featuring a painted timber boarded soffit. The openings have segmental-arch heads with a painted concrete tympanum with a circular indent. Painted concrete courses appear at impost and cill level; an ogee-moulded detail is present in the doorway at cill level. The door is replacement varnished timber with three glazed panels, and the window is replacement painted timber with plain leaded glass. Walls are finished in smooth red-clay brick in Flemish bond. At first floor level are two modern square-headed window openings to the left, with casement windows in uPVC frames. Walls are slap dash render, painted off-white. Deep overhanging eaves have painted timber exposed rafter ends, moulded fascia, and cast-iron guttering. A 'gablet' with slatted painted timber inset is present where the gable of the main roof intersects the ridge. To the west of the side elevation is a single-storey flat-roofed kitchen extension. The roof is double-pitched with replacement red concrete roof tiles and ridge tiles. To the centre is a slim red-brick chimney with slim moulded concrete cap and red-clay pots.

Side elevation (north) This elevation abuts number 12 St John's Avenue.

Setting The property has a small front garden with concrete paviors and shrub beds bound with hedgerow to St John's Park. An original small gateway to the left features a cast-iron gate with nameplate 'Evermore', mounted on plain square red-brick piers with concrete caps. A small concrete path leads through the gateway to the entrance porch on the south façade. A large lawned garden area extends south and west, bound by mature trees to the south and a modern single-storey garage to the west. A modern brick wall adjoins the rear single-storey extension on the north boundary.