Imperial House, 4-10 Donegall Square East, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 5HD

A four storey building (with basement and diminished fifth floor) designed by Kendrick Edwards in 1935 in Art Deco style. It sits on the east side of Donegall Square facing City Hall. Flat roof unseen behind pediment and parapet. Rainwater goods are hidden. Walls of ashlar stone with the ground floor of marble facing. Shallow projecting flat cornice at eaves level with frieze of slightly raised squares of stone; giant fluted pilasters rise from second floor to pediment in central section; frieze over ground floor is plain except for squares set in central section. Window openings are flat lintelled; first floor have exaggerated keystones and stepped reveals. Windows are replacement timber frames, those on the main elevation being 12 paned, the remaining 2 paned. The ground floor shop fronts and door are all replacement metal frames. The west elevation is divided into three sections each 5 windows wide; the central section is slightly recessed with a triangulated pediment, the flanking sections have stepped pediments. The north elevation is 12 windows wide. It is tiled to the western part of the ground floor and the remaining is lined render; a concave reeded string runs at first floor level. An enclosed bridge extends from the third floor. The east elevation (partially seen) is brick with regular window openings with concrete lintels. The south elevation is abutted by HB26/50/019. Setting Imperial House, in the heart of the city, sits on the east side of Donegall Square opposite the City Hall (HB26/50/001) and gardens. Across the narrow lane to the north is HB26/50/016, to the south is HB26/50/019; many other listed buildings form the perimeter of the square. Roof: unseen Walls: stone Windows: replacement timber RWGs: unseen.