42-48 Church Street, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1LS

Long, single storey terrace block containing four houses, probably all pre 1834, but now with various alterations to facades of each property, including PVC window frames and doors, and large modern extensions to rear. The terrace is set on the W side of Church Street, to the S of the former Church Street entrance to the Portaferry House demesne. The front elevation of the block faces E. No.42 (to the S end) is adouble fronted bookmaker’s shop with off centre plain timber sheeted door with plain fanlight and (possibly original) and a modern square fixed light shop window to left, sash indow to right. Painted timber bookmaker’s sign above door. Stone cill to right window. No.44 is a single fronted house with modern panel and glazed door to left and two pane top hung window to right. Window frame may be original. Stone cill. Both Nos.42 & 44 finished in lined render and painted cream with brown paint to simulate plinth. The rear of Nos. 42 & 44 are obscured by what appears to be a modern dwelling. Nos.42-44 have a gabled roof with Bangor blue slates. Two chimney stacks, both cement rendered but not matching with that to No.42 smaller and with decorative pot. Cast iron down spouts, PVC guttering. Shallow cement parapet between No.44 & 46. No.46 is a double fronted house finished in modern rough cast render. Central timber panelled and glazed door. Modern square mullioned and transomed window to left (four pane with two upper panes top hung), with similar window to right. Cement window bands and modern slim cills to both windows. The rear of No. 46 has a full width flat roofed extension . The extension is mainly obscures by a further ¾ width flat roofed extension which is set at a slightly lower level. The additional extension has modern full ‘strip’ glazing. To the left of centre is a large flat roofed dormer with slate cladding. It has two modern windows The gabled roof of No.46 is covered with fibre cement slates with a N of centre Velux window to front. Cement parapets at gables. Red brick chimney stack to south (left) with no pots, rendered chimney stack with two matching pots to north. Timber eaves course. Cast iron down spout. PVC guttering. No.48 is a single fronted house finished in modern rough cast render. Doorway with sheeted timber door and plain fanlight to left. Sash window, with horns, to right. Cement plinth. To the rear is a large, gabled, full width and two storey return with decorative barge boards. To the left of the ground floor is a modern timber (half glazed) door while to the right is a modern two pane timber window. To the centre of the gable is a window as before. Gabled roof with Bangor blue slates and two Velux windows. One cement render chimney stack with two matching pots (shared with No.46). Cement parapet between Nos.46 & 48. Decorative barge boards on north gable.