Furnace House, Clarendon Buildings, Clarendon Quay, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT1 3AL

A symmetrical single-storey three-bay former furnace house located at Clarendon Dock, dating from the early nineteenth century and forming part of a group of structures associated with the original graving docks (HB26/50/090B-C) and pumping station (HB26/50/090A). Rectangular on plan. Pitched natural slate roof with leaded ridge and stone verges; red brick chimneystacks with replacement terracotta pots; half round cast iron rainwater goods on stepped ashlar sandstone eaves course; French drain to perimeter. Walling is coursed random rubble blackstone bedded in lime mortar, with tooled ashlar sandstone plinth and feather-edged dressings; some snecking to north gable; replacement sandstone in places. Windows are replacement timber double-glazed sashes with projecting cills. Symmetrical east elevation having central replacement sheeted timber door in sandstone block surround, and paired windows to outer bays, all in tooled sandstone block surrounds. South gable with simple pedimented gable and single window (formerly a door opening), infilled beneath cill with timber apron panelling and stone cill insertion. Symmetrical west elevation has a central double-leaf door opening, with paired windows to outer bays. Setting The former furnace house is set directly to west of the original pump house (HB26/50/090A), and the two graving docks (HB26/50/090B and C) on Clarendon Dock, with access to Belfast Lough at east. The Harbour Office (HB26/50/094) is located a short distance to south. The area has been subject to substantial late twentieth century public realm works, and the complex is now set on a paved terrace with contemporary office developments to north, public sculpture (‘Dividers’ by Vivien Burnside) to east, and car parking to west. Vehicular access from Corporation Street; pedestrian access from Donegall Quay. Roof: Slate Walling: stone Windows: timber RWG: Cast iron