34-36 THE MOUNT, BELFAST, BT5 4NB - 260sqm

 

The two remaining Georgian terraced houses (numbers 34 and 36) of 'The Mount' were constructed in 1860, forming part of ‘The Mount Square’. 

 

The square was built on the site of ‘Mount Pottinger’. 

 

Some cast iron external features remain and the exposed basement windows help build a picture that these houses were once grand abodes. 

 

The delisting and subsequent demolishing of the majority of the terraces which made up the square have left the once 'mid terrace' number 34, and the larger 'end terrace' house number 36, in a solitary state.

 

The more impressive of the remaining terraces, number 36, was privately rented by various occupants until the 1970s when it was secured by the Simon Community who utilised the property as a hostel and homeless shelter for several years. 

 

Now dilapidated and inaccessible, both houses are stark examples of the increasing number of listed properties at risk, which have no plans for rejuvenation, in the Belfast area.