6 The Crescent, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9AY

An attractive three-storey two-bay Georgian terraced townhouse, built c.1830, located to the south of High Street, close to the centre of Holywood. Rectangular on plan with two-storey gabled return and extension to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with rectangular brick chimneystacks having stone plinth and terracotta pots. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods with drive-in brackets; uPVC rainwater goods to rear extension. Walling is painted smooth render with quoins and plinth; plat band between ground and first floor. Windows are 6/6 timber-framed sliding sash (unless otherwise stated) with projecting stone sills. The principal elevation faces north and is two windows wide with smaller 3/3 windows to second floor. Entrance to right accessed by two stone steps; door is double-panelled with brass furniture framed by moulded Doric pilasters; slender transom light surmounted by moulded frieze and cornice with scrolled console brackets; to left canted bay window 2/2 sliding sash with horizontal glazing bars and dividing Doric pilasters. The east elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB 23/20/034A). Rear elevation has a window opening to each floor and is abutted to left by two-storey gabled return, which is further abutted by a single-storey castellated extension; entrance door to east framed by pastiche Doric pilasters; three window openings to south. The west elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB 23/15/034C). Setting The terrace is located in a secluded square with mature trees, enclosed by a brick wall with modern electric gates to north, and by mature hedges to east and west. To the rear of the property there are two outbuildings of no real interest. Roof: natural slate Walling: render Windows: timber RWG: cast-iron