Mount Pleasant, 15 Rosemount Park, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, BT37 0NL

Mount Pleasant is a two-storey gabled three-bay house at 15 Rosemount Park, Newtownabbey, with its main entrance facing south.

The south elevation is symmetrical and features a roof of Bangor blue slates laid in regular courses with overhanging eaves. Two chimneys, one on each gable, are constructed of polychrome brickwork in red with white brick dressings and diaper patterning. A yellow brick cornice runs across the front. Each chimney is topped with 3 original creamware pots of octagonal section, though caps have been removed from some. The walls are of roughly coursed rock-faced basalt with rusticated granite quoins at the extremities and a projecting smooth rendered plinth. PVC gutters and downpipes run to each end.

The windows are segmental-headed timber sliding sashes with 2 over 2 panes and horizontal glazing bars, featuring horns. They are set in segmental arched white brick block surrounds with alternate black and white bricks forming the outer arch. Stone cills are projecting and painted. Ground floor windows are currently boarded up.

The main entrance is a rectangular timber 5-panel door with an original Victorian knocker and handle, surmounted by a plain semi-circular fanlight. It is flanked by two narrow round-arched sidelights. All are set in white brick arcaded dressings with the doorcase and sidelights slightly recessed; the outer arches feature alternate white and black voussoirs. A deep sandstone doorstep sits before the door. The sidelights are currently boarded up.

The west gable has similar rock-faced basalt walling and features overhanging verges with shaped timber barge boards, plain soffits, and shaped brackets. Two ground floor windows, both now boarded up, and one first floor window are present. The first floor window is a sash of the same design as those on the entrance front, set in similar brick surrounds.

The rear elevation incorporates a central two-storey gabled rear return of lower ridge height than the main block. One window on each floor to each side of this return is present; ground floor windows are boarded up, while first floor windows are sashes with similar brickwork surrounds. The rear roof is slated as the front, with two flush rooflights of modern appearance. PVC gutters and downpipes run to each end.

The rear return retains similar walling, roof detailing, and rainwater goods to the main block, though it also preserves a cast iron downpipe and cast iron soil pipe. The west side of the rear return has a rectangular glazed flush timber door with modern metal handle, set in a segmental arched white brick surround. A window to its left is boarded up. Above this, the first floor features a rectangular timber sliding sash window with 6 over 6 panes and horns, set in a flat arched white brick surround. A small rectangular single pane window sits to its left in a similar surround.

The gable of the rear return has a wide rectangular window to the ground floor, now boarded up, set in modern concrete brick dressings. The first floor contains a pair of coupled rectangular timber windows, vertically hung sliding sashes, each with 6 over 1 panes and horns, set in white brick surrounds.

The east side of the rear return has one window on each floor set in white brick surrounds with flat arches. The ground floor window is boarded up; the first floor window is a 6 over 6 sash as previously described.

The east gable is similar to the west gable and has two windows, one on each floor. The first floor window is a 2 over 2 sash matching those on the entrance front, set in similar surrounds. The ground floor window is currently boarded up.

The house stands in its own grounds set back from the road and accessed via a driveway laid with blackstone chippings. The front garden is rough grass with another grassed area beyond, separated by a hedge. The front boundary is formed by a hedge, with lines of mature trees flanking each side of the grounds. A long rear garden extends to the rear.

The rear garden is reached by a short path marked by a small iron gate with ornamented cast iron posts, the finials of which are missing. A detached gabled garage with steel trusses and corrugated asbestos walls stands to the rear of the house and is now semi-derelict. Outbuildings formerly standing some distance to the rear have been demolished and largely cleared away. The grounds are now surrounded by modern suburban development.