Newton House, 55 Ballyrainey Road, Ballymagreehan, Newtownards, Co Down, BT23 5AE

Newton House is a two-storey gabled farm house, likely dating from the 1840s to the 1850s. It is situated on a slight rise at the end of a short lane to the west of the Ballyrainey Road, approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Newtownards. The front facade faces east and features a centrally positioned 'Ards' doorway with plain pilasters and a modern glazed door with a semicircular fanlight, reached by a step. The facade is finished with lined render and chamfered quoins. The ground floor has two windows to the left of the doorway and one to the right, all with PVC frames. The first floor mirrors this arrangement with four evenly spaced, similar windows. The south gable has a first-floor window to the right. The north gable is blank.

A two-level return links to an outbuilding at the rear, with a slightly left-of-centre gable. The south facade of the return has a modern glazed door to the far right, a large PVC kitchen window to the left, and a small single-pane window on the upper level. The north facade of the return has a single PVC window on the ground floor, and the roof of the return on this side is dominated by a large flat-roofed dormer with modern windows. To the left of the return on the main house, there is a single PVC window to the first floor, and to the right of the return, two PVC windows to the ground floor and one to the first floor. The roof is gabled with Bangor blue slates and four rendered chimney stacks, with cast iron rainwater goods. Large outbuildings are located to the west and southwest. A former 'walk in' well in the farmyard has been filled in.

A building is depicted on an Ordnance Survey Map of 1833/4, but its location covers only the southern half of the current house. The site is shown much as it is today on the 1858 Ordnance Survey map, suggesting a construction date between approximately 1835 and 1858. It is possible that the present house incorporates fabric from the earlier structure. Valuation records from around 1833 indicate that a William Steel occupied the dwelling house on the site.