15 Ballyfounder Road, Killydressy, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1RE

A relatively plain, formal two-storey farmhouse of approximately 1870, situated at the end of a lane roughly two miles south-east of Portaferry, Co Down.

The main building is a substantial two-storey structure with an attic and a single-storey section adjoining the gable. The front façade faces roughly east and is symmetrical in composition. The central feature is a timber and glazed door with patterned glass fanlight and sidelights, all encased with pilasters and moulded brackets supporting a canopy over an elliptical arch recess (which probably once had a fanlight). On either side of the doorway are two sash windows with vertical astragals, with five similar windows to the first floor. The north gable has one window to the right on the ground floor and two to the first floor, all matching the pattern of the front façade. The south gable of the main building has an attic window without astragals. The single-storey section adjoining this gable has a single pane fixed light window to its gable, with two smaller fixed light windows set high to the eaves. The east façade of the single-storey portion has two windows matching those of the main house front, together with a square window of modern frame and a timber sheeted door to the rear façade.

The rear of the main building has two windows to the ground floor and three to the first floor in the same pattern as the front, except for a Georgian paned ground floor window to the right. A former doorway to the far right is now blocked. The entire façade is finished in limestone chip render with smooth cement bands to the corners and eaves, with a bell cast finish and smooth cement recessed base below. All windows have smooth cement surrounds except those to the gable of the single-storey section. The gabled roof is covered with Thru-tone slates, with Bangor blues to the extension. A single off-centre recent brown brick chimney stack sits to the main roof; gable chimney stacks have been removed. A small Velux window is set to the rear. PVC gutters and downspouts are present throughout.

The property has random rubble out-buildings to the south-west, with remnants of random rubble walls to the rear of the house and a section of similar garden wall at the front.

Ordnance Survey maps from 1834 and 1859 show a long building on this site. The 1838 valuation does not record this building, suggesting it was then a modest single-storey structure. The present property likely dates from the latter decades of the 19th century, perhaps around the 1870s, though without reference to the interior, certainty is difficult to achieve. The Georgian style glazing to one of the rear windows could suggest a date around the 1850s, or the building may date from slightly later, perhaps around 1900.