Clifden House, 15 Bangor Road, Holywood, Co Down, BT18 0NU

A semi-detached two-storey three-bay house with attic, built c.1835, located on the east side of Bangor Road, Holywood. L-shaped on plan with catslide return to re-entrant angle. Hipped natural slate roof, gabled to rear, with angled clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimneystacks with moulded caps and multiple octagonal clay pots. Rainwater goods are half-round aluminium, over an eaves course. Walling is ruled-and lined cement rendered to north and rear elevations, painted roughcast to west garden front, all over a bevelled plinth. Windows are generally 6/6 timber sashes with projecting sandstone cills; all have plain reveals with the exception of those to west which have slightly projecting smooth rendered reveals with angled heads. Garden elevation faces northwest and has three equally-spaced windows to each floor. Entrance elevation faces northeast and has four openings to each floor, those to right being blind. The elliptical-arched entrance is offset to right of centre and comprises a timber door with six raised-and-fielded panels and bronze door furniture, having segmented fanlight and multi-paned sidelights all flanked by clustered timber pilasters. It is accessed by a set of four stone platform steps flanked by stone urns on pedestals. The rear elevation comprises the gable of the main block, which has French doors to a rear yard and window over to each floor. The return is set back into the angle, also opening onto a yard which is accessed via a set of concrete flag steps. It has a modern door and window to ground floor and remaining fenestration is as the rest of the house. The southwest elevation is abutted by the adjoining house, HB23/20/016A. Setting The house is set back from Bangor Road on an elevated site with mature gardens to front. It is accessed by a sweeping tarmacadam drive with entrance marked by two polygonal rendered piers (of a group of three, that to centre shared with HB23/20/016B) with moulded caps. Gates are cast-iron. Additional cast-concrete gate piers with stone ball finials on pedestals have been added close to the house. Roof: natural slate Walling: rendered Windows: timber RWG: aluminium