20 Abbeydene Manor, (Previously 367 Shore Road), Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, BT37 9JQ

Detached three-bay two-storey Italianate house, built c.1850, located to west of Shore Road, overlooking Belfast Lough to east. Rectangular on plan, facing east, with porch. Roof is hipped artificial slate; sandstone chimneystacks to ridge with chamfered bases and overhanging caps. Walling has random-cut sandstone ashlar with straight-channel jointed quoins over a projecting plinth, and is detailed with a modillioned cornice, a moulded stringcourse between first and ground floor and sill courses, unless otherwise stated. Windows are square-headed with moulded architraves surmounted by entablatures, projecting plinths, and aprons with recessed central panels. East elevation is centrally abutted by porch. Exposed elevation has a first floor central tripartite window with a segmental pediment on consol brackets to tripartite centre window. Porch has Roman Doric in antis distyle portico with full Doric entablature, straight channelled quoins, and balustraded parapet to flat roof. Portico is enclosed by plate glass framed and supported on painted timber plinths with nailhead panels, centre has square-headed glazed and varnished timber double-leaf door with single raised and fielded panel, flanked by painted cast-iron barley-twisted Composite colonnettes and surmounted by overlight, accessed by three steps. Porch cheeks are identical and each has a central round-headed painted timber four-light casement with moulded architraves, imposts, and keystone. South elevation detailed as principal elevation but has block-marked rendered walling with rendered stringcourses. Left end has one window to each end, first floor centre has round-headed replacement timber casements. Ground floor centre has replacement varnished timber door with sidelights, detailed similar to principal elevation. West (rear) elevation is two bays, each bay is two windows wide. Ground floor bays each abutted by bow bay of three windows with balustraded parapet to flat roof. Bow bay windows are bowed 1/1 sashes with keystone to architraves. North elevation left half is two windows wide and the right half slightly projects and ground floor abutted by Doric pro-style portico with balcony roof. Portico has four columns protruding from four pilasters flanking three round-headed windows with keystones. Setting Set on east shore of Belfast Lough on grounds with mature sequoia and other trees scattered throughout, now developed with modern similarly designed housing, located west off Shore Road. Roof: artificial slate Walling: Sandstone ashlar Windows: 2/2 sashes with horns Rainwater goods: cast metal