284 Tennent Street, Edenderry Gardens, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT13 3GG

An asymmetrical, two-bay two-storey-with-attic terraced brick house constructed between 1907 and 1909, located on the west side of Tennent Street in the Shankill area of Belfast. The building faces east and is rectilinear on plan, with a two-storey gabled return and a single-storey lean-to structure to the rear. An internal yard and single-storey conservatory (of no interest) also occupy the rear.

The pitched roof is covered in red clay tiles with roll-moulded red clay ridge tiles. A single brick chimney with heavy bands and moulded detail sits on the principal face, topped with tall clay pots bearing a rosette motif. A central modern skylight has been added to the rear roof. Half-round cast iron rainwater goods are mounted on plain timber fascia to the eaves; some uPVC replacements exist to front and rear. A dated box hopper on the main elevation is inscribed '1907'.

The walling is Flemish bonded brick to the front and English Garden Wall bonded to the rear. Roughcast render covers the first floor level on both front and rear elevations. Decorative terracotta vents appear on the main façade and rear, some now covered by roughcast. The principal elevation measures two openings wide at ground floor. These contain an original timber sheeted front door with replacement glass inserts and glazing bars, accompanied by various door furniture including the number '6', indicating a previous address of No. 6 Edenderry Gardens. Moulded brick segmental-arch surrounds and a flat-roofed timber canopy with lead capping and angled metal bracket supports frame the doorway.

A fully glazed canted bay-window sits to the right over a brick plinth and offset sills, with a red-tile roof rising to a smaller flat-roofed canted bay-window on the first floor. A central gabled-dormer uPVC casement window lights the attic; Tudor-style timber boards decorate the gable front and eaves.

Vertically sliding timber sash windows serve the first and second floors of the stairwell; the remainder are uPVC replacements. Offset brick sills and flat arch heads feature to the rear. The south elevation is abutted by the adjoining terrace (HB26/36/001D).

The rear (west) elevation is abutted by a two-storey return with a pitched red-tile roof and English Garden Wall bonded brick walling; its south cheek is blank. The west gable end has a plain timber fascia board and a uPVC first-floor window; a brick and slated single-storey lean-to structure (formerly a coal-shed) occupies the ground floor. A modern single-storey conservatory has been added to the gable end. The north cheek is abutted by a single-storey yard wall; an enlarged window opening and replacement door exist at ground floor, with an original timber sash window at first floor. The main rear elevation has ground- and first-floor windows to the left and an original timber sash window above the return roof to the right; all windows are surmounted by flat arches with concrete sills at ground floor. A timber sheeted and braced door provides access through the boundary wall to the internal yard. The adjoining listed building (HB26/36/001F) bounds the yard with a blank two-storey wall to the north. The north elevation is abutted by the adjoining terrace (HB26/36/001F).

The building is set on the western side of Tennent Street between Crumlin and Shankill Roads. A small garden with dwarf brick wall, cast-iron railings and gate fronts the property along Tennent Street; a long, narrow garden plot extends to the rear, running west to the boundary wall. A paved walkway extends along the rear of all properties in the terrace between garden plots and building rears, though it has been sealed with locked gates to the south. A mixed-use business park and apartment complex occupies the site of the former Edenderry Spinning Mill to the west. Crumlin Road Presbyterian Church (HB26/36/009) stands to the north-east on the corner of Crumlin Road and Tennent Street.