Shop ('Nova Tiles'), 167 University Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT7 1HR

Small single storey terrace shop of perhaps c.1930 with Belfast Truss roof, stepped parapet and large glazed shop front. The property is set on the S side of University Street, close to the the junction with Ormeau Road. The shop is set between two much taller earlier houses (now offices). It is rectangular in plan form and measures roughly 17.7m x 7.3. The front (N) elevation is dominated by a full width shop front which is largely glazed (nine tall lights) and incorporates a central (glazed) double door. Above the shop front the rendered façade rises into a stepped (somewhat ‘Art-Deco’ style) parapet with plain coping. Just below parapet level is a recent laminated shop sign with smaller (and possibly original) roundel signs to either side (which show the street number). The writers were unable to gain access to the rear to see the rear elevation. The curved roof could not be seen from outside but internal observation suggests it is covered with corrugated metal and has a central ‘gabled’ rooflight with plain glazing. Building since demolished.