6-8 Church Street, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1LS

Three storey terrace house of perhaps c.1850 or later, with shop front. The building is set on the W side of Church Street just N of Portaferry town centre, and is now a derelict and badly dilapidated shell with the interior entirely gutted and floors removed. The front façade faces E and is asymmetrical. The ground floor has two (almost square) shop windows to either side of shop door. Doorway to apartment at far right. Frames etc. now removed from windows. Boards and remnants of doors set in doorways and boards set in window bays. Moulded entablature above shop front. Render broken above shop front revealing heavy timber beam. Moulded hood over apartment doorway. The first and second floors windows each have two windows with moulded surrounds. These windows are also boarded over. Front façade rendered and painted. The rear is obscured by rampant ivy growth. The gabled roof is covered with fibre cement slates. Yellow brick chimney, with no pots, to S. Metal guttering, PVC down pipe. Plan slightly on the squint on north side. Interior completely gutted with all floors and partitions removed. Contractors Note This building has been bought recently and is scheduled for complete renovation. Front (east) elevation ground floor.