14 May Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT1 4NR

A three storey, mid 19th century Georgian style terraced house, terminating a group of four, with side entrance, sitting directly on the N side of May Street. Pitched, natural slate roof with modern rooflight; moulded metal gutter on bracketted timber gutter tray; downpipe uPVC. Red Flemish bond brickwork with rusticated stucco quoins to west corner and plinth under ground floor cill, stucco eaves fascia and string course to first floor cill. Window openings with painted stucco reveals and flat brick arches, 6/6 original sashes with horns, (ground floor window openings incorporate steel roll shutters). The entrance doorway, with segmental arch, has a stucco archivolt with inset Ionic doorcase, fascia reads ‘BOYS’ BRIGADE HOUSE’, plain fanlight over and 6 panelled replacement timber door; it is approached by 3 tiled steps. South, front elevation has entrance to the east side with 2 adjacent windows, first and second floors have 2 windows. W elevation is abutted by 5 storey modern building. The original north, rear elevation cannot be seen from lane. The modern two storey extension, with corrugated metal pitched roof and rendered walls, runs north to Music Hall Lane. E elevation is abutted by adjoining terrace HB26/50/175B Setting May Street is part of a busy, central thoroughfare which passes to the rear of the City Hall (HB26/50/001A). No.14 sits opposite May Street Presbyterian church (HB26/30/031A&B). In the same terrace, adjoining the terraced group of four to the east, is John Ross & Co (HB26/30/017), nearby to the west is listed building HB26/50/020. Roof: natural slate. Walling: brick. Windows: timber . RWG: metal/plastic