6b Cunningburn Road, Cunningburn, Newtownards, Co Down, BT22 2AR

Cunningburn Mill is a group of houses picturesquely situated in a hollow roughly 1 mile NW of the Mount Stewart estate. Some of the houses are converted mill related buildings and almost all have been renovated/converted recently. No.6b is part of a long-ish flax scutching mill of c.1860 attached to the rear of the lean to former engine house at the rear (SW) of the former water mill. It is gabled and one storey and was largely reconstructed recently. The front SE facade now has a left of centre timber and glazed door with two timber casement windows (as former corn mill) to the left. To the right of this are two similar windows, then a pair of French doors, with a further casement window to the far right. All openings have brick flat arches. The rear of this house has a gabled projection with French doors its NW (brick built) gable. To the NE face of the projection is a narrow eight pane window, with a similar window to the SW face, To the left of the projection is a casement window, as front, with a smaller eight pane window to its right. To the right of the projection is a glazed door, with a casement window (as front) to the right of this and a large flat arched ‘car’ opening to the far right. This opening leads to the front, where it has gate-like timber double doors. Brick dressings to rear openings. The roof is pitched with Bangor blue slates, and five Velux windows and a brick chimney stack to the rear. There are cast iron rw goods. The rear of this house is built into a bank built into which are ‘rooms’ which once held the machinery associated with a tall square brick chimney stack on the higher ground directly behind this house. This room is now renovated and used mainly as stores. The face of the bank appears to have been finished in rubble but it is now mostly rendered and slightly ‘terraced’ or ‘stepped’.