163 Belfast Road, Muckamore, Co Antrim, BT41 2ET

Attached four-bay one-and-a-half storey house, built c.1820, located to the south of Belfast Road. The plan is rectangular with a one-and-a-half storey extension to the south. The roofs are pitched and slated with deep overhanging eaves. The main roof has a central polychromatic brick chimney with three clay pots. Gables have fretted timber bargeboards, finials and dropped circle motif. The walls are smooth rendered. Square headed 8/8 uPVC sliding-sash windows (replacements) with horns are contained in Tudor-arch-headed openings. All windows have painted masonry sills. The principal elevation faces north. The door is located in the second bay from the left. All other bays contain ground floor window. The third window from the left is surmounted by a pitched dormer containing the first floor window. A second dormer to the east is shared with 165 Belfast Road (HB20/12/002B). The entrance door opening is Tudor arch headed with moulded masonry surround, within which is an original square headed timber panelled door with glazed Tudor arch panels to the top panels. The west elevation has a single window to first floor level. The south elevation is abutted on the right by a pitched roof extension. The exposed wall section has a single square headed uPVC casement window to ground floor, divided 8/8. The extension has a modern door to the east elevation and a square headed uPVC window to each level on the south elevation. The east elevation is abutted by no 165 Belfast Road (HB20/12/002B). Setting The house is directly accessed from Belfast Road to the north. The main elevation is abutted to the west by circular pillars with wrought iron double gates. The site is bounded to the south by a hedge and to the west by a timber fence. Roof covering Natural slate Walling Painted render Windows uPVC 8/8 sliding sash Rainwater goods Cast iron ogee gutters and round downpipes..