Iveagh Hostel — Bride Road

Freestanding fifteen-bay five-storey over raised basement hostel, built 1904-1905, with single-storey canted bay windows to east and west end of front (north) elevation. Full-height multiple-bay wings to centre and either end of rear (south) elevation, with two-storey blocks between wings. Flat roofed entrance porch to front elevation. Flat roof, sloped walls with slate hanging to fifth floor, intermittent raised red brick gablets and pediments, with cut sandstone coping, red brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Red brick laid in English bond, with terracotta string courses. Angled brick dressings to gabled and pedimented bays. Round-headed window openings to ground floor with terracotta and red brick surrounds, keystones and sills and timber casement windows. Segmental-headed windows to first floor and square-headed window openings to second and third floor with red brick voussoirs and reveals, terracotta sills and timber sash windows, six-over-six panes and four-over-four panes, some bipartite windows with timber mullions. Square-headed window openings to fourth floor with four-over-four pane and six-over-six pane timber sash windows having timber frames with cornices. Segmental-headed window openings to fourth floor, some paired, having four-over-four pane timber sash windows and terracotta hood mouldings. Porch to entrance block having carved terracotta segmental pediment, decorative frieze, with red brick walls, round-headed porch opening with terracotta hood moulding and keystone. Recessed glazed timber panelled door with overlight and sidelights, tiled surround and tiled platform and steps. Cast-iron railings on granite plinth to basement area to front.