Holly House, 74 Mosside Road, Dunmurry, County Antrim, BT17 9HH

A two-storey multi-bay Georgian-style dwelling erected c.1870 possibly built to designs by architect John MacHenry. L-shaped plan form with subservient two-storey abutting rear accommodation. Located at the end of Mosside Road located off Queensway, on the east side of the main Belfast to Lisburn carriage way. Hipped natural slate roofing with clay ridge tiles; box eaves with timber fascia board and barge boards to the rear block. Smooth rendered chimneys with projected plinth and cornice detailing. Cast-iron rain water goods; ogee moulded gutters with circular downpipes. Ruled-and-lined rendered walling with continuous projected cill course to ground and first floor; moulded plinth course. 6/6 timber sliding sash with horns. Six-panelled timber door with bolection mouldings; segmental arched over-light; single-storey flat-roofed porch with chanelled walling rising to entablature. The principal elevation faces east and is asymmetrically arranged comprising three bay elevation to the left with a projecting single-bay to the right hand side. Entrance porch located at the re-entrant of the projected bay; two windows to the right with three first floor windows directly over the ground floor openings. The east face of the projected bay is symmetrically arranged with paired ground and first floor windows. The south elevation is symmetrically arranged with two ground floor windows with matching first floor windows directly over. The rear elevation appears to be largely abutted by the pitched-roofed subservient block which extends beyond the north elevation; lower eaves level. The south gabled face of the subservient block is blank. The west face comprises various openings matching the principal building (view obscured); with a two-storey return located right of centre. The north facing gable is symmetrically arranged with a single centrally located ground and first floor window. The east elevation comprises a secondary entrance with timber framed slated lean-to canopy over and a first floor window directly over. The north elevation of the main building has a single window centrally located on the first floor. Setting: Formerly a road side dwelling the building is now self-contained following the installation of the McKinstry Road by-pass running north-west of the site. The site is accessed via modern rendered piers with mild-steel gates. A short driveway arrives at the front entrance, beyond which lie well maintained gardens. The site is primarily bounded by trees and hedgerows which largely screen the house from public view. Materials Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Ruled-and-lined render Windows 6/6 timber sliding sash RWG: Cast-iron