4 Tudor Park, Holywood, Co Down, BT19 0NX

A three-storey multi-bay semi-detached stucco house in Tudor-Revival style, built c.1850, located in secluded grounds off Tudor Oaks Road to the east of Holywood. U- shaped on plan with abbreviated gabled return extending from rectangular front block; conservatory and double height lean-to to rear; conservatory extending to west elevation. Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles; raised stone skews and kneelers. Tall stone chimneystacks, having chamfered stalks to suggest individual flues, with ovolo moulded heavy plinth. Chimneys to rear are rendered with chamfered stalks, simple plinth and tall terracotta pots. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods on drive-in brackets. Walling is smooth rendered/stucco with quoins over a chamfered plinth. Windows are various timber-framed sliding sash in simple chamfered surrounds with chamfered sills. Dormer windows are 1/1 sliding sash. Principal elevation (entrance) faces southwest and comprises two-storey entrance bay offset to left of centre, flanked by two gabled bays (single window wide); that to right is narrower: extreme right bay two windows wide. Porch contains bolection-moulded six-panel door with brass door furniture and is lit from west and north. The northwest elevation comprises central projecting gabled bay and single window opening to flanking bays (window to left bay is a replacement dating from 1941). The northeast elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB23/20/017B) The southeast elevation is abutted by a three-storey slightly recessed rear wing (creating the U-shaped plan). Exposed section of gable with diminutive 2/2 sash window to second floor. Wing comprises half-panelled door with transom light at first floor abutted by cast-iron railed balcony over double-height lean-to with raised stone skews; lean-to abutted at ground floor by timber conservatory. Setting The house is set on an elevated site looking out towards Belfast Lough. Lawned to front and accessed via a gravel drive from Tudor Oaks Road, the house sits in a mature site (which once extended to the Bangor Road below) and is surrounded by mature boundary trees and hedges. Roof: natural slate Walling: render/stucco Windows: timber Rainwater Goods: Cast-iron