2 Godfrey Avenue, Bangor, Co Down, BT20 5LS

A 1½ storey detached Edwardian dwelling built around 1905, located in suburban Ballyholme Ward east of Bangor town centre behind the esplanade. The building has a square plan with return and abutment to the rear.

The pitched slate roof features terracotta roll top ridge tiles. Overhanging timber barge boards with exposed decorative collar ties and protruding purlins are set to the gabled ends, though the collar tie to the south gable has been removed. Exposed overhanging rafters with timber fascia and uPVC rainwater goods are present throughout. A smooth rendered chimney stack with stucco moulded cornice supports various terracotta and yellow clay pots.

The walls are finished with ruled-and-lined rendering with a stucco moulded string course featuring moulded stops. A projected plinth course and continuous cill course run at ground floor level. Ground floor windows are primarily uPVC replacements, with a 1/1 round-arched timber sliding sash window at first floor. The front door is bolection moulded timber, six-panelled with brass ironmongery and a rectangular fixed light over in plain surrounds.

The principal elevation faces east and is symmetrically arranged. The front door is central and sheltered by a single-storey leaded lean-to veranda extending over the flanking bays. The central section of the veranda is supported on stucco moulded columns and wall brackets. The veranda flooring is raised by a single step with modern finish and is partially enclosed by a wall rising to cill level, incorporating stucco moulded panels and deep coping. Matching projecting canted bays clasp the northwest and southwest corners, each with a single window to each face and continuous cill course. A pair of symmetrically arranged wall-head dormers sits at first floor level.

The left gable features a single modern window to the ground floor left-hand side, with a projecting bay to the right and symmetrically arranged first floor windows with hood-mouldings tied into the moulded string course. A central stepped projecting chimney stack rises to the underside of the soffit and breaks through at ridge level.

The rear elevation has no openings except two modern roof lights added to the rear pitch. A central two-storey lean-to return contains a single square-headed opening at first floor level on the south face. A single-storey lean-to modern extension to the right has a tiled roof with a large roof light and large modern openings. A small single-storey lean-to projection sits at the re-entrant of the central return and modern extension. A cast-iron SVP breaks through at eaves level and follows the roof pitch, terminating at ridge level.

The right gable matches the north gable except for a timber sliding sash window located on the right at ground floor level.

The setting comprises a narrow front and side garden extending to a large rear garden, well vegetated and screened. The front boundary is defined by a hedge with a central wrought-iron gate fixed to thin stucco moulded piers. The north side is bounded by a modern masonry and timber wall with modern gate. A weather-boarded garage to the rear of the site has a slated roof with clay ridge tiles and wrought-iron strap hinges to the door. The rear is bounded by two rubble masonry stable blocks, now modernized internally, which previously served houses on the adjacent road. The general setting comprises primarily detached and semi-detached two-storey residential properties of varying age and style.