Broom Cottage, High Bangor Road, Donaghadee, Co Down, BT19 6NA

A single-storey two-bay vernacular house, pre-dating 1830. Located on a small wedge-shaped plot, midway along the main Bangor to Donaghadee Road, on the south side, west of Hawe Road and east of Kylestone Road. Pitched corrugated fibre cement roofing c.1950, over thatch remains and gable skews. Cast-iron rainwater goods, semi-circular gutters with circular downpipes. Brick chimneys, white-washed (one on south-east gable one positioned centrally on ridge with clay pot). Cement-rendered and white-washed mud walling; partial stone construction; concrete block to north-west gable end. 1/1 single-glazed timber sliding sash with large stone cills. Replacement timber sheeted door with salvaged cast-iron ironmongery. The principal elevation faces north-east and is asymmetrically arranged. The front door is located on the right hand side with two single windows located to the left. Deep overhanging eaves course installed c.1950; as part of thatch replacement. The left gable (south-east) elevation is abutted by a single-storey white-washed stone lean-to projecting south-east with external door to the north-east face; varying sized window openings in the south-east face; blank north-west face; alterations to the height and pitch c2000. The rear elevation (south-west) has three varying shaped and sized window openings. Window on the far left installed c.1975 The right gable (north-west) is blank. Replacement concrete block with cement render c.2008 Setting The dwelling is located in a rural setting with a road running adjacent to the north gable. Immediately to the east of the site is a modern single-storey dwelling; other farm dwellings and outbuildings can be observed from a distance. Part of the plot has been cordoned off to the east to enclose a small vegetable garden. Adjacent to the road, at the rear of the site is a partially gravelled area for vehicles. The site is bounded by hedge rows and a timber fence. Roofing: Corrugated fibre cement Walling: Cement rendered and white washed mud/stone Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron