Old Cross Bar, 4 Castle Place, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT23 3JF

Two storey, gabled public house (originally built as a house in 1735), set on the E side of Castle Place, at the corner of Greenwell Street. Front (W) facade has a slightly left of centre doorway with timber sheeted door, and plain stone surround with simple cornice. To the left of this is a sash window with horizontal glazing bars. To the right of the doorway is large three pane window with adjacent doorway (to right with timber sheeted door) with simple surround and cornice to whole grouping. To the first floor are two windows with modern frames. Between these windows is a small-ish moulded (and naively decorated) plaque which is inscribed ‘This house was built by John Bell in ye year 1735’. Traditional style projecting sign to right of 2nd window along with a period style lamp also hanging from wall. The front facade is finished in lined painted render. To the right on the S gable is a squat looking ground floor window with modern frame. Directly above this to the first floor is another window opening, now with modern frame. Internally illuminated projecting PVC sign to left of gable. This gable merges with a large two storey gabled return which faces into Greenwell Street and has two windows to the ground floor (with modern frames) with a large elliptical arch carriage entrance to the far right with relatively simple pilaster surround and archivolt. Modern double doors to carriage entrance. This facade is also finished in lined painted render. There was no access to the rear, but the rear facade appears to be completely dominated by the two storey return. The roof is covered in asbestos free slates with some asbestos slates to the eastern section of the return roof and a Velux window to the S side of the return roof. Rendered parapet to S on roof of main building. Two rendered chimney stacks to main building. Mixture of PVC and cast iron rw goods.