Cockle Row, Donaghadee Road, Groomsport, Co. Down, BT19 6JR

A single storey, four bay building divided into two sections each with a direct entry layout. The part to the south is thatched and that to the north has a slated roof. The building faces east set back a little distance from Main Street. The north gable overlooks the harbour with Cockle Island beyond. The forecourt is paved with large orange coloured concrete tiles with an inset panel of red and grey tiles in front of the entrance. The orange tiles continue around the north gable. The areas at the rear and at the south gable are grassed in front of rough stone or concrete hard standing. A disabled ramp has been formed in front of the entrance. The building is divided externally into three sections. The southern parts are thatched and the part to the north is finished with natural slate. Blue clay ridge tiles are of a socketted type and rainwater goods are of cast iron. The thatched covering is finished with cement skews at the south gable and it abuts against the wall of the slated part including cement fillets. While the thatch is continuous at the front the rear is divided into two sections with the joint made up of cement skews and fillets. The southern part is set back a little distance. The south gable has a projection on the south gable that is not provided with a stack. There are three corbelled chimneystacks on the roofs of the building. Two rise from the end walls of the slated part and the other is over the hearth position of the thatched portions. Only that on the south gable has a chimney pot. The south gable has a buttress extending from the line of the front wall of the building flanking a small plain sashed vertically sliding window with sash stops and a sill of traditional depth. Starting from the south corner of the thatched part the sequence of openings is as follows: - A small plain sashed vertically sliding window with sash stops and without a sill. A larger plain sashed vertically sliding window without sash stops or sill. A timber sheeted half door. A larger plain sashed vertically sliding window without sash stops or sill. Moving to the slated part: - A narrow plain sashed window with sash stops and a narrow sill. A timber sheeted door. A narrow plain sashed window with sash stops and a narrow sill. A narrow plain sashed window with sash stops and a narrow sill. At the rear starting from the south corner there is a small plain sashed vertically sliding window with sash stops and without a sill lighting the kitchen of the thatched part and a similar window lighting the reception area of the slated part. The north gable is blank.