18 Donegall Square East, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 5HE

Terraced three-storey over basement with attic sandstone former townhouse, built c.1830, as one of a pair. Rectangular on plan facing west onto Donegall Square with a single-storey rear extension occupying the entire rear site. Single-span mansard type roof with natural slate to the front pitch having a box dormer window. Profiled red brick chimneystack rising from a slightly raised north gable wall with masonry coping. Roof set behind lead-lined parapet wall having sandstone drip cornice and square-profile cast-iron downpipes breaking through. Sandstone ashlar walling, channel-rusticated to the ground floor below a continuous sill course at first floor and a further pair of string courses to the second floor. Red brick walling to the rear elevation laid in Flemish bond. Square-headed window openings with replacement single-pane timber sash windows. West front elevation is three windows wide with entrance to the right. Recessed square-headed door opening with flat-panelled timber door flanked by simple pilasters supporting a lintel cornice with rectangular overlight. Architrave surround flanked by scrolled brackets supporting hood cornice. Door opens onto platform and four steps with replacement tiling, bridging the basement area all enclosed by original spear-headed iron railings with later iron lamp standards and steel gates. North side elevation abutted by adjoining infill building. Rear elevation largely obscured by fire escape, plant machinery and accretions. Generally gauged brick flat-arched window openings with sandstone sills and single-pane timber sash windows. Later enlarged window openings and fire escapes to the upper levels. South side elevation abutted by neighbouring building No.19 (HB26/50/172B). Setting Forming part of a pair at the junction of Donegall Square East and May Street. Roof : Slate RWG : Cast-iron Walling: Sandstone ashlar Windows: timber