- Building type: Offices
- Date of construction: c1875
- Architect: Not Assigned
- Listing: B1
- HB/SMR Ref: HB26/50/176
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Ross's Auction Rooms, 22 May Street/37-39 Montgomery Street, Belfast
Belfast City
Classical style, 2 storey, 10 bay building with basement, built in red-brick with stone dressings. Central shouldered doorway with light and flower shaped window above in large stone surround with pilasters (Venetian capitals) and balustrade. Square-topped windows in basement, lightly rounded on ground floor, and paired rounded windows on first floor. Pediment on gable centre with burning bush carving and “ardens sed virens”, giving a hint of original use as Presbyterian offices and assembly rooms
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Giffnock Sandstone |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Corsehill Sandstone |
| Other Stone Type: | Glasgow Blonde Sandstone |
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| Stonework Construction: | Coursed plain ashlar |
| Stonework Condition: | Sandstone is generally in good condition but deterioration is present at the corners and edges of blocks due to the use of hard cement mortar |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 2 |
