4 Cyprus Avenue, Belfast, Co Antrim BT5 5NT

A two storey semi-detached sandstone house dating from c.1877 attributed to local architects Young & Mackenzie. L-shaped plan form with a two-storey hipped roof bay to front and a single storey flat-roofed modern extension to rear. The house is abutted to E by 6 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.020 B) and they form a group of two pairs of semi-detached houses with 2 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.021 A) and 99 Upper Newtownards Road (listed under HB26.14.021 B). The site is situated to the N side of Cyprus Avenue. Pitched natural slate roof with angled black-clay ridge tiles and projecting eaves. uPVC half-round guttering discharging to circular downpipes. Two rectangular section rendered chimney stacks with corbelled coping and red-clay chimney pots. Walling laid to rock-faced random-coursed Scrabo sandstone with chamfered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with flat-arch lintels and painted cills, having original 2/1 and 4/1 double hung timber sashes with ogee horns to GF and FF (unless otherwise stated). South elevation: The principal elevation faces S and consists of a bay to E, a three-sided projecting canted bay immediately to W and a recessed bay to W end. Two windows to GF and one to FF to E bay. Square-headed door opening to W bay with chamfered stone surround and a replacement six-panelled timber door with fanlight opening onto 3 steps, curved on plan; cast metal lamp mounted on wall to left of door. East elevation: The E elevation consists of the side elevation of the canted bay to S, having window openings at GF and FF, a two bay gabled projection & a single bay to N with monopitch roof extending down from main roof-line (cat-slide). Replacement timber windows to GF of central bays; smaller 1/1 sashes to N bay. North elevation: The two-storey rear elevation faces N and has a single storey flat-roofed part to E end. Modern timber casement window to GF and a sash window to FF. Square-headed door opening with sheeted timber door. East elevation: The E elevation is abutted by 6 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.020 B). Setting: Single storey flat-roofed garage and shed to the tarmaced rear yard. The house has a paved driveway and a lawned garden to W and a modest landscaped garden to S. Enclosed by hedge to S, timber fencing to E and red-brick walling to N. Painted metal gate to S (fronting onto Cyprus Avenue) supported on slim rectangular section concrete piers with corbelled caps and fluted panel. The house is part of a group of two pairs of semi-detached houses including 6 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.020 B), 2 Cyprus Avenue (listed under HB26.14.021 A) and 99 Upper Newtownards Road (listed under HB26.14.021 B) built on a generous site between Cyprus Avenue, Beersbridge Road and Upper Newtwonards Road. Materials Roof: natural slate RWG: uPVC Walling: rock-faced, random-coursed Scrabo sandstone Windows: 2/1 to GF and 4/1 double-hung timber sashes to FF