Gate lodge to former Ballybeen House, [40] Hillsborough Road, Ballybeen, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 5PW

Small, single storey Classical gate lodge (at the entrance to the former Ballybeen House), on the S side of the Hillsborough Road, c.2.5 miles W of Comber. Front (W) facade is symmetrical. In the centre is a small portico with two Tuscan columns supporting a frieze, cornice and blocking course with central panel to front. Respondent pilasters at ‘rear’ of portico. Segmental arch headed doorway within portico with glazed and panelled door with many small panes to glazing. To either side of the doorway is a large-ish segmental arch-headed window with ‘casement’ style frame with glazing similar to door. Above each window is a moulded panel with double festoons/swags thereon. To the N and S facades is a window as front with similar panel above. Attached to the rear is a large extension with a shallow mono-pitched roof. To each face of the extension is a modern window to each face along with a panelled door to the N face. The facade is finished in lined render and painted. The original section of the facade is topped with a cornice and parapet. Shallow base. The original section of the lodge has a hipped Bangor blue slated roof with central rendered chimney stack. Large Velux window to S face of roof. PVC rw goods.