Silverstream Lodge, 9 Shore Road, Greenisland, Carrickfergus, BT38 8UA

Detached three-bay two-storey rendered house, built c.1850, facing east set within its own grounds to the south of Shore Road overlooking Belfast Lough. Central single-storey flat-roof entrance porches to both the front east elevation and to the rear west elevation with a two-storey three-sided canted bay to the south garden elevation. Platform lead roof on a natural slate hipped roof with raised lead ridges, three tall rendered chimneystacks with octagonal clay pots, ogee cast-iron gutter on paired corbels and half-round cast-iron downpipes. Flat lead roofs to the three-sided bay and to both front and rear entrance porches, all having ogee cast-iron guttering. Painted ruled-and-lined rendered walling with a plat-band to first floor level and projecting render plinth course. Square-headed window openings with painted concrete sills and replacement six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-plan front (east) and rear (west) entrance porches with a slender round-headed window opening to both cheeks having round-headed two-over-two timber sash windows, no horns. Both porches have square-headed door openings with an early flat-panelled timber door to the front porch having a central fillet and a rectangular glazed overlight. The door opens onto a large sandstone step and concrete paved area. The rear porch has a replacement double-leaf timber glazed door with overlight. The full-height bay to the south garden elevation has a pair of square-headed door openings with replacement glazed timber doors and a rectangular overlight to each. These doors open onto a raised patio area spanning the entire garden elevation (south) and paved in sandstone flags. Front elevation (east) is three bays wide with a central front entrance porch flanked by a pair of window openings and a single window opening above the porch. The garden elevation (south) is three-bays wide with a full-height canted bay to the west end. The rear elevation (west) mirrors the front (east) elevation. The north elevation is four bays wide with a large flat-roof extension to the ground floor projecting into the enclosed yard. Pair of tall basalt ashlar piers abutt the northeast corner with moulded sandstone capstones and replacement timber gates. A short rendered wall connects the south pier to the house with a steel railing. Semi-circular plan flat-roof extension to the north elevation, built c. 2000, fronting into the enclosed yard with timber-framed vertical glazing. A lean-to glazed sunroom spans the entire east of the enclosed yard, built c. 1950, with tripartite timber-framed fixed-pane windows and red brick walls. Rear yard to the north elevation enclosed by tall rendered walls with a single-storey redbrick building to the north, running along the road, having an M-profile roof, built c.1990, and containing a garage. Roof Covering: Natural Slate and lead Walling: Painted ruled and lined render Windows: Replacement timber sash & replacement timber casement Rainwater goods: Cast-iron