191 Killinchy Road, Comber, Newtownards, Co Down, BT23 6AA

Long mainly single storey and mainly thatched gabled house, set right on the W side of the Killinchy Road, c.3 miles NW of the village of Killinchy. The building is set slightly below road level. The northern greater section of the building is a thatched house. To the front E facade of this section are five sash windows with single vertical glazing bars (four panes). The two windows to the right are slightly larger than the rest, and set at a slightly higher level. Between the first and second (from left) windows is the entrance which has a fairly recent (c.1950s) partly glazed door. The smaller southern portion of the building is two storey with a Bangor blue slated roof. The front E facade has two ground floor windows with fairly recent three light frames. To the first floor are two sash windows (as before). The left hand window is almost totally covered in creeping plant growth, as is much of the left hand side of the front facade of this two storey section. The N gable is blank. The S gable has an upper level doorway (now covered in plant growth as is much of the gable) reached via a flight of steps. To the right of the steps to the ground floor is a timber sheeted door. There is a small opening in the E face of the block of steps where the post box once was. This gable merges with the S face of a rear lean to which has a square multi-pane window. The rear lean- to is in two sections. The section to the S has a corrugated asbestos roof and a sheeted door and two pane window to the rear (W) facade. The lean- to section has a corrugated iron roof (set at a slightly lower pitch), with a modern glazed door and two sash windows to the rear facade. To the left of the lean- to, on the main rear facade, is a sash window as front. To the immediate left of this window is a recent flat roofed return with large glazed sections and a corrugated iron roof. The entire facade is finished in rough cast. There are four short rendered chimney stacks. Metal rw goods. Cast iron skylight to rear of slated roof. Modern railings to roadside. Despite some unsuitable additions to the rear and some modern window frames this building is still a good, largely intact example of a simple vernacular dwelling (with shop).