Description of the Big House
Description of the Big House
The house is huge with lots of different rooms and has two stories. At the front there are two bay windows.
The front hall is very special . It has two big columns with decorations at the top.
The staircase has fancy iron rails and there is a little balcony at the top.
This part has not been changed since the house was built in 1833.
We found this piece about the house in a book called Historic Buildings in and near the city of Derry published by the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society.
No Building Class Date, Type, Architect, etc. References Before 165. BELMONT HOUSE A 1835: A large two?store? house of splendid proportions; Colby Racecourse Road before additions were made to it on its conversion to its present use, it must have been a most imposing residence. The south facade has two large semi?circular bays two storey high, asvmmetrically placed and wit4 four windows each at both levels. There are three other windows widely spaced. The main entrance is on the west facade and probably possessed a fine portico before the present covered way was added. The windows are of good proportions with mouldings and while most retain their original slender Georgian 165. BELMONT HOUSE A astragals some have been removed and should be replaced. (continued) The building is stuccoed and the horizontality of the facade is emphasised with plinth, string course and frieze. Internally there is a handsome entrance hall divided in two by a pair of fluted Corinthian columns and matching pilasters complete with entablature, and the dentilled cornice is continued round the walls. The balustrading to the stairway is very elaborate and attractive.
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