Chestnut Hill, 640 Shore Road, Jordanstown, Newtownabbey, BT37 0PR

Chestnut Hill is a detached two-storey house built around 1950, situated on elevated ground on the west side of Shore Road, Jordanstown, with views east over Belfast Lough. The building is rectangular in plan with a flat-roofed garage extension to the rear and a single-storey flat-roofed kitchen extension to the north.

The main structure has a flat bitumen-covered roof with overhanging painted cast concrete eaves and soldier course brick detailing. Red brick chimneys with corbelled caps rise from the roof, and a rectangular brick water tank housing sits on top. The ground floor is constructed in red brick stretcher bond, while the first floor is pebbledashed, the two separated by a painted cement cill course. Painted plastic rainwater goods are fitted throughout.

Windows are uPVC replacements divided into large panes with painted concrete cills. Corner windows are a distinctive feature, divided at the external angle by cast concrete piers with filleted reveals and horizontal incised bands.

The principal elevation faces east with a projecting right bay. The left bay is longer and contains three openings to each floor: at ground level, from left to right, a corner window, French doors with side lights and transom accessed by three diminishing concrete steps, and a three-paned window. The first floor has a corner window at left, a two-pane casement to the centre, and a three-pane casement to the right. The right bay features a corner window to the first floor and fully glazed ground floor with a projecting cast concrete canopy extending around a semi-circular projection at the north end. Central double doors are accessed by three wide concrete steps with brick breakfront centres.

The south elevation is arranged in two bays with the garage extension at the left. The right bay projects and has corner windows at each floor. The left bay has a corner window to the first floor. At ground floor, a recessed open porch is partially enclosed by a pebbledashed dwarf wall and accessed by three tiled steps. A replacement glazed timber door with transom stands to the right side, with a high-level horizontal window to the left, both framed by cast concrete lintels and divided by truncated cast concrete half-engaged fluted columns on a concrete cill. A continuous canopy runs over the porch and south elevation of the garage. The garage is surmounted by a balcony to the right side, enclosed by a timber sheeted balustrade.

The rear elevation is largely obscured by the garage extension at ground floor, with a glazed flat-roofed sunroom at first floor level. The exposed first floor has corner windows. A pebbledashed kitchen extension extends to the north at ground floor left, and all ground floor extensions are pebbledashed. The glazed sunroom features a timber sheeted eaves board and apron.

The north elevation contains a distinctive semi-circular projection to the left end, glazed over a brick plinth with a continuous curved cill course and cast concrete canopy. This projection is partially glazed with glass bricks, with uPVC windows to the remainder. To its right is a large three-paned window and a projecting concrete block flue, with a corner window at the right end. The first floor has corner windows and two small windows to the centre.

The house is set on a sloping garden to the east bounded by hedges, on an elevated site overlooking Shore Road and Belfast Lough. Modern housing development lies to the immediate west and south, with a modern house set at the foot of the hill to the east.