50 Wellington Park

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Front elevation (NE)
Two storey with attic, red brick dwelling (within a terrace) with Queen Anne detailing with pitched roof, built as one of a pair with No.48 Wellington Park (HB26/28/056A) designed by Architect James J. McDonnell in 1900 and built in 1903. The pair are located on the SW side of Wellington Park, which runs between the Lisburn Road on the NW side to the Malone Road on the SE, within the Malone Conservation area.

Asymmetric front façade in Flemish bond brick with two-storey bow window with half-domed ogee lead roof on left side. Corbelled brick detail beneath cills.
Natural slate pitched roof with black clay ridge tiles, prominent brick chimney to left side, shared with No.48. Artificial slate to rear return. Replacement metal guttering above projecting corbelled brick eaves detail; circular metal downpipe to right side of bow.
Wavy painted stone heads to all openings on ground and first floor levels to front façade; original five-panel bolection moulded timber door with original ironmongery accessed up four steps. Single window opening on first floor level, aligned with front door below.
Flat-roofed, wide dormer at attic level with multipane timber windows. 20th C rooflight to right side.

All windows to front façade are original 1/1 timber sliding sash (upper pane has margin panes) with single-glazing, apart from front dormer window which is multipane. Windows to rear are a mixture of 1/1 timber sliding sash and replacement uPVC windows.

Gable elevation (NW)
Fully abutted by No.52 Wellington Park.

Gable elevation (SE)
Fully abutted by No.48 Wellington Park. (HB26/28/056A).

Rear elevation (SW)
Rear elevation is abutted on left side by a three-storey return built in English Garden Wall Bond, which has been further extended towards the SW with a two-storey extension (built c.2000).
Rear façade of main block is painted render at ground floor level and has replacement double timber doors opening onto yard; single window openings to both first and attic levels which have brick voussoirs heads; attic window is within a wall-head dormer with pitched roof, timber fascia and soffit with exposed rafter ends; two 20th C rooflights to rear roof slope.

Rear return and extension:
SE face of rear return has an asymmetric arrangement of window openings; ground floor level is painted render and windows are replacement uPVC. SE face of return has uPVC patio doors opening into yard.
SW gable of rear return is abutted on ground and first floor levels by c.2000 painted rendered extension, balcony access from second floor at rear onto flat roof via uPVC patio doors.
SW façade of extension has uPVC patio doors on both ground and first floor levels.
NW face of extension is blank.

SETTING
No.50 Wellington Park is located on the SW side of Wellington Park, a built-up urban area which runs between the Lisburn Road on the NW side to the Malone Road on the SE, within the Malone Conservation area. It was built as one of a pair with No.48 Wellington Park (HB26/28/056A) and the pair sit within a terrace of mixed buildings.
The
setting of Wellington Park is enhanced by being lined by mature trees. No.50 has widened its front access to allow off-street parking with the removal of the former dwarf wall to the front boundary. The latter is defined by tall, narrow brick piers with stone caps and 20th C gates.
The rear of the property has a narrow yard, with a wider amenity space behind, and access to a rear alley.

MATERIALS:
Roof; Natural slate. Artificial slate to rear return
Walls: Red brick throughout – painted at ground level to rear.
Windows: Front - original 1/1 timber sliding sash (upper pane has margin panes) with single-glazing; front dormer window which is timber multipane; rear windows are a mixture of 1/1 timber sliding sash and replacement uPVC windows.
RWG: Cast metal. PVC soil pipes to rear.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

One of a pair of mid-terrace 2-storey + attic red brick houses having curved bay with domed leaded roof. Extensive building to rear and prolific use of PVC means that this building does not merit a full survey.