Former Stable Block, Crawfordsburn House, Crawfordsburn, Co Down

The former stable block, part of Crawfordsburn House, has been demolished, and a residential development now occupies the site. The First Survey records a two-storey stone-faced building with a centrally placed, square, battlemented tower containing a large archway, now glazed. The structure had gabled slate roofing with gabled dormers. A later conservatory of no particular interest was attached to the rear of the tower. The interiors were described as featureless. Nearby were a pair of stone gate piers topped with ball finials, leading to a low range of outbuildings. One outbuilding featured a closed-up ventilator lantern with a weathervane, and the most significant was a two-storey gabled house in poor condition, facing a walled garden. The garden wall possessed an upper portion of blind arcaded brickwork and was accessed by another pair of ball-finialled gate piers, one of which included a wrought iron gate in an Art Nouveau style. Art Nouveau-style iron railings formed part of the garden enclosure. The complex initially displayed signs of decay and neglect. The buildings were designed by Vincent Craig, the architect of Crawfordsburn House itself (now a hospital), and were constructed around 1906 for Sharman Crawford. The listing is a partial survey only, and the buildings and site do not possess listed status in terms of architectural or historical interest.