Merchant’s House, 16 Queen Street,

The basement benefits from own door access at the front of the building from Queen Street, along with access via the courtyard at the rear of the property.

The basement comprises a self-contained apartment with two bedrooms (both ensuite), one of which contains 2 double beds, with the other a double and single bed, and a fully fitted kitchen.

There is a further ensuite bedroom accessed from the rear courtyard, along with a laundry room which serves the entire Bed and Breakfast.

The basement level benefits from underfloor heating. Despite being at lower ground level, all basement rooms are light, bright and airy as they benefit from large Georgian sash windows with traditional shutters.

The ground floor is accessed by a set of stone steps from Queen Street and benefits from a traditional Victorian four panel door with a pillared surround and pretty lunette fanlight. All the ground floor sliding sash windows retain their original 19th Century wooden shutters, which add to the period feel of the property.

Opening into a porch, a glass panelled door and surround has been installed to retain heat and security whilst remaining inconspicuous with the period surroundings.

The ground floor comprises of a dining room, kitchen and double en suite bedroom. The stately dining room overlooks Queen Street and has beautiful period features including ornate cornicing, fireplace, sash windows and wood flooring. The principal rooms retain their original marble and Arts and Crafts fire surrounds, and all the chimneys are in working order.

To the rear of the dining room is a double bedroom with ensuite overlooking the courtyard. At the rear of the property is a well equipped kitchen / dining area with double doors opening onto the courtyard, providing lots of natural light.

At the top of the first staircase is a large, bright landing with double doors leading to the sun terrace. As the rear of the property is west facing, the sun catches the terrace for the majority of the day.

A bathroom and laundry cupboard are also accessed off the landing.

At the top of a small flight of stairs is an ensuite double bedroom which overlooks the courtyard.

The crowning glory of the first floor is the impressive, full width living room. This room is elegant and well proportioned with three sash windows, imposing fireplace, wooden floor and cornicing.

The second floor comprises of two large ensuite bedrooms, one of which contains two single beds, the other includes a double and a single bed.

There is a small but pretty single bedroom at the front of the house which has the use of the main bathroom on the landing.

The third floor comprises of four bedrooms, two of which are double bedrooms, a single bedroom and a large bedroom with a double bed and single bed.

Each of these bedrooms share a bathroom, accessed from the landing.

The house has a large floored and insulated attic with a Velux window, radiator and lighting. Although the attic has limited head space, it provides a large and well lit storage area.

The property benefits from a large courtyard to the rear of the property which is accessed from the basement apartment and the ground floor kitchen.

The courtyard is spacious and has been well maintained and landscaped.

A gate from the courtyard opens onto a private road at the rear of the terrace which opens onto Clarendon Street.

Merchant’s House is a Grade B+ Listed Building, as per the extract below taken from the Northern Ireland Listed Buildings Database;

Reference: HB01/22/018D

Listing: Grade B+

Date of Listing: February 1979

Extent of Listing: House, railings to front and bootscraper

Date of Construction: 1867

Summary of Listing;

End-of-terrace three-storey three-bay with attic over-basement Georgian-style red brick former townhouse, built 1867, one of a terrace of four houses of similar type lining the west side of Queen Street with which this building has group value.

The front facade of No. 16 faces east onto Queen Street, behind painted decorative cast iron railings. The interior retains a significant amount of fine historic detailing and much exterior historic detailing has been retained including a fine doorcase with a projecting entablature and ionic capitals below.

The setting of the Clarendon Street Conservation Area is significantly enhanced by the historic authenticity of this former house within the terrace, which can be considered the finest Georgian-style terrace within the Clarendon Street Conservation Area, if not in the entire city.

There are no live or pending planning applications on the property.

Plans exist for the installation of a lift at the rear of the dwelling.

The vendor has also prepared floorplans and elevations for a potential extension to the rear of the property which would add an additional 5 ensuite bedrooms. A pre-planning application for this extension has been submitted to the relevant authorities with positive feedback from Northern Ireland’s Historic Monuments Division and from Derry City Council.

The property benefits from Freehold Title.

NAV: £4,150

Rates Poundage 2023/24: 0.633362

Rates Payable: £2,862

Please note, the property benefits from Small Business Rate Relief, as per the below extract from NI Business Info;

“Business properties with a NAV of more than £2,000 but not more than £5,000 will receive 25% rate relief”.

Annual ground rent: £7

The property has an Energy Efficiency rating of E45. The full Certificate can be made available upon request.

£650,000 exclusive.

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For further information:

Lynn Taylor
028 9050 1556 / 07813 020 181
ltaylor@lisney-belfast.com

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