205 Donegall Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, BT1 2FL

End-of-terrace three-storey over basement redbrick townhouse, built c.1820, as part of a terrace of eight similar houses, Nos. 207-215 demolished c.1990. Restored and partially reconstructed c.1993. Square on plan with small front railed basement area and set on a slightly elevated site on the east side of Donegall Street at the junction with Carrick Hill. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rebuilt redbrick profiled chimneystack to the both party walls. Cast-iron guttering on drive-through brackets to projecting brick eaves course and cast-iron downpipe. Redbrick walling laid in Flemish bond. Square-headed window openings with flat brick arches, flush rendered reveals, sandstone sills and replacement 6/6 timber sash windows throughout. Front elevation is two windows wide to the upper floors, closely spaced to the ground floor with a gauged brick round-headed door opening to the right. The doorcase comprises a projecting moulded surround with six-panelled timber door flanked by slender timber pilasters to a simple lintel cornice and spoked webbed fanlight set in a scalloped surround. Door opens onto replacement sandstone platform and steps enclosed by replacement iron railings returning to enclose the basement area and set on replacement sandstone plinth wall. North gabled side elevation is blank, rebuilt in salvaged brick c.1993. Rear elevation is four storeys in height with staggered fenestration reflecting the rear stairhall and gauged brick square-headed window openings, sandstone sills and replacement 6/6 timber sash windows. South side elevation abutted by adjoining house No.203, (HB26/50/085B). Setting: Set on a slightly elevated site at the north end of Donegall Street with a landscaped raised area buffering the terrace from the street. Each house has a rear yard enclosed by timber fence with a bitmac car park behind. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Redbrick Windows Replacement timber sash