23-25 High Street, Donaghadee, Co Down, BT21 0HH

Two storey terrace block of c.1800-20 with recently enlarged carriage arch, now used as a shop and funeral directors. Front NE facade has a left of centre doorway with ‘Ards’ type door surround with semicircular arched head and Gibbsian style blocks to pilasters. This doorway now contains a panelled door with semicircular fanlight with modern etched corporate signage. To the immediate left of this door is another doorway with simple, narrow, rendered surround and modern glazed door. This entrance is not original. To the left of this is a large window with tripartite sliding sash frame with Georgian panes and plain rendered narrow surround. Timber signboard above window. To the immediate right of the ‘Ards’ doorway is a larger carriage entrance with elliptical arch head and blocked pilasters (as door) and block-like voussoirs. Until recently this carriage entrance was much narrower but was broadened (and shifted) with a pedestrian entrance (to the right) obliterated in the process. To the far right is a large window as before, but with internal illuminated PVC projecting sign above. To the first floor are four evenly spaced windows same as ground floor. All the front facade windows appear to have been recently restored. The front facade is finished in rough cast and unpainted. Plain quoins. The rear facade has been much altered. At each end of the facade is a large modern extension with modern windows, with a smaller boiler house extension in the centre. The main facade itself sports window openings of various shapes (some of which have undoubtedly been enlarged), with modern frames. The rear facade is finished in rough cast also. The roof is gabled and covered in Bangor blue slates. Four large Velux windows to front. Three large rendered chimney stacks. Mixture of cast iron and PVC rw goods. Though the front facade of this building has maintained its Georgian character it has been significantly altered. The interior has been altered also and modern extensions and modern windows have been added to the rear.