8 Upper Crescent, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT7 1NT

Relatively large three storey rendered town house, one of regency style crescent of ten similar, (but not identical), properties built in 1846 and now converted to offices and flats. The grouping, ‘Upper Crescent’, is set to the E of University Road and faces, over a small public park, Lower Crescent- a similar styled development of 1852 which unlike its counterpart is arranged in straight terrace rather than crescent form. This property is set close to the west end of the row and is one of the plainer buildings of the grouping. The front elevation is asymmetrical and faces roughly S. To the right on the ground floor is the entrance, which consists of a four panel timber door and rectangular fanlight. The upper panels of the door have semicircular heads. To the left of the doorway are two tall plain sash windows. To the first floor are two larger windows set on a cill course. These have sash frames regency (i.e. horizontally orientated) panes to the top sash (4/2). To the second floor are two much smaller windows with plain modern frames (made to resemble plain sash). These windows rest on a more pronounced (cornice-like) cill course. The ground floor level is finished in rusticated render, the upper floors in plain render. There is a broad plain course above first floor window height (and below the second floor cill course). On this broad course is a thin moulded string course. Above second floor window height there is a plain course above which is a parapet with plain [?stone] coping. The rear elevation could not be seen in their entirety. To the left hand (W) side is the two storey gabled return. There is a plain sheeted door (with roller shutter over) to the ground floor of the gable of the return, with a large-ish modern window to right (also with roller shutter). To the first floor is a smaller window with what appears to be a plain sash frame. To the right the return merges with another two storey projection, (which probably has a mono-pitched roof). This has a window to ground floor and one to the first floor, both of which correspond to those on the gable of the return. Both the gable and the S face of the projection are finished in painted render. The ‘inner’ (E) face of the return appears to have three windows to the first floor. The inner face of the projection could not be seen. To the rear façade of the main portion of the building there is a window to right on the first and second floors of the main rear façade. To left between first and second floor level there is a tall sash (stairwell) window. All have Georgian panes (6/6 and 3/6). There is probably a window to right on the ground floor, but this was not confirmed. The reare façade is finished in plain painted render. The gabled roof is slated. There is a tall rendered chimneystacks, with projecting coping and uniform pots, to E. Cast iron rw goods.