Mill Cottage, 49 Craigdarragh Road, Helen's Bay, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1UB

An attached three-bay two-storey basalt rubble house, built c.1850 as part of a mill complex located north of Craigdarragh Road on the outskirts of Helens Bay. Rectangular main block with additional lower bay to north having single-storey projecting canted bay; two-storey and single-storey returns to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with raised stone verges. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods. Walling is basalt rubble with Flemish bonded red-brick quoins and detailing. Windows are multi-paned timber framed side-hung casements in brick surrounds. The principal elevation faces NE; main block is three windows wide to each floor. Door is timber multi-paned with two panels to lower section. Right bay set back slightly, with canted bay window to ground floor and flat-roofed wall-head dormer above. The SE elevation is abutted by adjoining building. (HB23/16/018B) The SW (rear) elevation has narrow window to first floor and window to ground floor; abutted to left by rear return; exposed section with windows to ground and first floor: ground floor window is replacement uPVC flanked by two timber sheeted doors; gable has single window to first floor and timber sheeted door to ground floor. The NW elevation is abutted by adjoining building. (HB23/16/018D) Setting Mill Cottage is located in a mature site down a private lane north of Craigdarragh road. Garden to front bounded to lane by rubble stone wall and brick gate piers having cast-iron gate. Mature hedgerow and trees to north and south. Paved yard to rear enclosed by tall painted masonry wall and accessed through tall cast-iron gate. Roof: Natural Slate Walling: Basalt rubble Windows: Timber multi-paned RWG: Cast-iron