14-26 North Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 4DE

Two-storey terrace of seven houses on the west side of North Street, Newtownards. The ground slopes upward from south to north, with number 14 being the tallest property and each successive house decreasing in height.

Number 14 occupies the corner of North Street and East Street and is considerably larger than the other houses in the terrace. Its east-facing front has a right-of-centre entrance with a modern panelled and glazed door set between plain pilasters with decorative brackets and cornice. To the left of the door are two windows with modern frames, and to the right is a similar window. The first floor contains four evenly spaced windows. The south gable has two windows at ground floor level and two at first floor level, though these window openings do not appear to be original. The rear, observed only from a distance, shows two upper-level windows with modern frames and a gabled return to the left shared with number 16. The facade is finished in pebbledash with chamfered quoins at the south-east corner. The gabled roof is covered in artificial slates, with two rendered chimney stacks. A rendered parapet runs along the south side, featuring a corbel at the south-east corner topped with a moulded urn. The rainwater goods are a mixture of cast iron and PVC.

Number 16 has an entrance to the right similar to number 14, but with a plain sheeted door. To the left is a small window with modern frame, and the first floor has two similar windows. The rear, observed at a distance, features a return shared with number 14 and a single-storey flat-roofed extension. The facade is finished in painted render with lining to the front. An eaves course runs along the front. The roof is covered in artificial slates. There is a rendered chimney stack and parapet to the south, and a tall rendered chimney stack to the north. Rainwater goods are a mixture of cast iron and PVC.

Number 18 has a similar front facade to number 16 but handed. The rear has a single-storey flat-roofed extension and two modern windows at first floor level. The facade is finished in plain render, painted at the rear but unpainted at the front. An eaves course runs along the front. The roof is covered in artificial slates, with some displaced slates from neighbouring properties at the roof edges. Rainwater goods are a mixture of PVC and cast iron.

Number 20 has a front facade identical to number 16. The rear features a full-height gabled return shared with number 22, and a modern window at first floor level on the main rear facade (the lower half of the rear could not be seen). Both front and rear facades are finished in plain painted render, while the return is finished in roughcast. An eaves course runs along the front. The roof is covered in artificial slates. A rendered chimney stack is positioned to the south, shared with number 18. Rainwater goods are a mixture of cast iron and PVC.

Number 22 has a similar front facade to number 20 but handed. The two-storey return at the rear is shared with number 20. Modern windows appear at ground and first floor level of the main rear facade. Front and rear facades are finished in plain painted render, with the return in roughcast. The roof is covered in artificial slates. A rendered chimney stack is positioned to the north. Rainwater goods are a mixture of PVC and cast iron.

Number 24 has a similar front facade to number 22, but features a stable door with small glazed panel and diamond leaded panes to the upper pane of the windows. The rear is similar to number 22 but handed, with differently shaped modern windows. The rear facade is unpainted. The roof is covered in artificial slates. A rendered chimney stack is positioned to the south. Rainwater goods are a mixture of PVC and cast iron.

Number 26 has a sheeted door with small glazed panel to the left and an enlarged PVC window to the right. Two small windows at first floor level have PVC frames. The rear could not be accessed. The property appears to share a full-height gabled return with number 24. The front facade is finished in roughcast. The roof is covered in artificial slates, with two Velux windows to the front. Rainwater goods are PVC. The property to the north was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the entrance to the new Strean Church Hall, but its taller gable survives, as does the brick chimney stack which is still used by number 26.