59 Loughview Road, Aldergrove, Crumlin, BT29 4ED

Single-storey vernacular house with concealed loft area (skeagh) and attached outbuilding, located on a quiet country road on the East shore of Lough Neagh, approximately 5 kilometres from Crumlin village. The house is three-bay rectangular with lobby entry planform and a fourth bay to the south in use as an outbuilding.

The main structure is built of random rubble with painted lime render. The roof is corrugated asbestos laid over the original collar-beam truss thatch roof. There are approximately two courses of cement blockwork at eaves level where the house has been raised, possibly during installation of the asbestos roof covering. Cast metal guttering is present at eaves level on the front elevation only. Three replacement red-brick chimney stacks with projecting brick courses and clay pots and replacement red-clay ridge tiles are visible.

The front (west) elevation has a centrally located square-headed timber door opening with a varnished boarded replacement door, flanked by four small rectangular square-headed window openings with flush reveals and cills. Windows are uPVC top-hung double-glazed. The attached outbuilding to the south has a single square-headed door opening to the left with an original painted boarded timber door, and a blocked-up window opening to the right. The outbuilding walls are random rubble with painted lime render and the roof is corrugated tin.

The rear (east) elevation is plain with an almost centrally located small rectangular square-headed window opening with uPVC top-hung double-glazed window, flush reveals and cills. There is a large blocked-up opening to the left. Walls are random rubble with approximately two courses of cement blockwork at eaves level. There is no guttering. Some replacement cement blockwork appears on the right-hand corner, possibly repair work. The outbuilding has a single blocked-up opening on the right-hand side.

The south elevation is blank with a gable projecting above the roof and haunched. Walls are random rubble with painted lime render.

The north elevation is blank with a centrally located replacement red-brick chimney with projecting courses. Walls are random rubble with painted lime render. There is a section of replacement cement blockwork on the left-hand corner of the gable, possibly repair work. A small rectangular recess appears in the centre of the wall at ground level, possibly connected to a fireplace.

The house is set back slightly from the road with a small area to the front surfaced in tarmacadam. A narrow slightly raised masonry apron with low masonry kerbing runs along the front wall, with a raised stone trough to the north, now used as a flower bed. An outside tap is located on the front wall. The rear ground level runs into the back elevation above floor level, with a lightweight post and wire fence along the rear wall beyond which are open fields. Directly across the road near the shoreline is an original outbuilding with random rubble stone walls, corrugated tin roof and a single square-headed door opening with boarded timber door. A wooded area with vacant and derelict stone outbuildings is on the adjacent site to the north.