173 Belfast Road, Muckamore, Co Antrim, BT41 2ET

Attached four-bay one-and-a-half storey house, built c.1820, located to the south of Belfast Road. The plan is rectangular with a one-and-a-half storey pitched extension to the south-east. The roofs are pitched and slated with deep overhanging eaves and central two colour brick chimney with replacement masonry coping and replacement pots. Gables have fretted timber bargeboard, finial and dropped circle motif. The walls are smooth rendered with a painted plinth. The square headed replacement uPVC 8/8 sliding sash windows with horns are contained in Tudor-arched-headed openings. All windows have painted masonry sills. The principal elevation faces north. The door is located in the third bay from left, all other bays contain ground floor window. The second window from the left is surmounted by a gabled dormer containing the first floor window. A second dormer to the west is shared with 171 Belfast Road (HB20/12/002E). The entrance door opening is Tudor arch headed with moulded masonry surround, within which is an original square headed timber panelled door with Tudor arch top panels. The east elevation is abutted by 171 Belfast Road (HB20/12/002E). The south elevation is abutted by the extension. The extension has timber fretted bargeboard to eaves, as original house, and a uPVC vertically opening window to each level. The west elevation has one window to first floor level and a square headed uPVC top-hung opening casement window to ground floor. The extension has a single uPVC top-hung opening casement window to ground floor. Setting The house is directly accessed from Belfast Road to the north. The main elevation is abutted to the east by random rubble square pillars supporting modern steel gate, and walling surmounted by hedging. The site is bounded to the south by a timber fence. There is a modern pitched building to the south-east of the site, constructed in the style of the house. The north elevation is gable-ended, with one window to first floor level and timber garage door to the ground floor. The first floor is accessed from an external stair abutting the west elevation. The entrance is surmounted by a gabled lucarne. Roof covering Natural slate Walling Painted render Windows uPVC framed 8/8 sliding sash Rainwater goods Cast iron ogee gutters and round downpipes.