89 Durham Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT12 4GB

A symmetrical detached three-bay two-storey brick former Tuberculosis Clinic, built c.1917 to designs of Young and Mackenzie, located on the west side of Durham Street, Belfast. Plan consists of a narrow east-facing rectangular block in red brick with sandstone ornamentation, having return to south, extended at west end in two phases; a variety of mid 20th C extensions form a courtyard and screen the rear of the original building. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and stone verges; stone-coped parapet gutters to front with replacement metal downpipes; original ogee cast-iron gutters to return on profiled brick eaves. Walling is English Garden Wall bonded red brick with sandstone ashlar banding to pilasters between bays. Stretcher-bonded upper floor extension to west portion of return. Windows are generally timber 1/1 sashes to principal elevation, those to south are obscured by exterior secondary glazing; remaining windows are a variety of uPVC, timber and metal-framed casements. Ashlar blocked surrounds to principal windows only; sandstone cills throughout. Steel security grilles throughout ground floor and return. Symmetrical principal elevation is dominated by a gabled breakfront having 1/1 sashes to either side of entrance bay, which contains a semi-circular headed entrance surmounted by a shallow canted bay window; carved Belfast Coat of Arms to gable. Banded classical doorcase having a female head to keystone inscribed ‘Hygea’. Tripartite windows to outer bays. Each bay divided by banded pilasters. South gable has two windows to each floor, each with banded surround, projecting lintel and keystone, and embraced by banded pilasters. Rear elevation not visible, screened by a two-storey mid-20th C annexe of redbrick with metal-framed casement windows. Return is plainly detailed, windows generally having simple keyblocked lintels to opening. North gable is detailed as south. Setting The building terminates College Square, although the immediate setting is largely characterized by modern housing and office developments, with the Westlink located a short distance to west. Narrow perimeter frontage bounded by simple wrought iron railings and gates, with cast iron piers. Bitmac carparks to rear and sides, bounded by steel security fencing. Roof: Slate Walling: Brick Windows: Timber RWG: Cast iron