2-10 Zion Place, Newtownards, Co Down, BT23 3ER

Terrace on the eastern side of Newtownards consisting of five two-storey gabled houses, probably dating from around 1850. The terrace is now situated on the eastern side of a busy roundabout.

Number 2, at the southern end of the terrace, has a front western facade finished in lined render with an 'Ards' doorway to the left. The doorway has a blocked surround in the manner of James Gibbs work with a semicircular arch head and keystone, encasing a timber panelled door and plain fanlight. To the right of the doorway is a sash window with horizontal glazing bars, with two further sash windows to the first floor. The southern gable is blank. A large full-height gabled return projects to the right side of the rear. The gable of the return has a modern kitchen window to the ground floor with a sheeted timber door leading to a basement store below. The southern facade of the return has a modern glazed door to the ground floor and a modern window to the first floor. The left side of the rear of the main house has modern windows to both ground and first floors. The rear is finished in plain render. The pitched roof is laid with Bangor blue slates and has a rendered chimney stack to the southern gable. The rainwater goods are a mixture of cast iron and PVC. Remains of a dry water closet survive to the rear.

Number 4 is the largest house in the terrace and is double-fronted. The central doorway mirrors that of Number 2 but is slightly wider and has two panes to the fanlight. A window to the right of the doorway matches Number 2, with three evenly spaced windows to the first floor, though windows appear to have been replaced recently. To the left of the doorway is a large elliptical arch carriage doorway with original timber sheeted double doors, where the heads of bolts are visible. The front facade is finished in plain render. The rear has been extended on a number of occasions and is now dominated by a massive full-height gabled return with basement. The northern side of the return merges with a lean-to extension. The gable of the return and the western facade of the lean-to has a timber sheeted basement door to the right. To the ground floor on the right is a plain modern sheeted rear door with plain fanlight, with a modern window to the immediate left and right. Two small single-pane windows are present to the upper level. The southern facade of the return has a fixed light window to the left on the ground floor level and a small modern window to the first floor on the exposed section of the rear of the main house. The return has a rough cast finish. The main roof is pitched with Bangor blue slates to the front, though asbestos-free slates are used to the rear and return. A large Velux window is set to the rear. Two rendered chimney stacks are present. PVC rainwater goods are fitted.

Number 6 has a similar front facade arrangement to Number 2, though the ground floor window sits slightly closer to the doorway. The door is of modern glazed and panelled variety and the windows are modern. The rear has been greatly extended with a large sprawling one and two-storey flat-roofed return with modern windows and glazed door throughout. The front facade is finished in lined render, the rear in a mixture of plain render, rough cast and concrete brick. The roof is pitched with Bangor blue slates and a rendered chimney stack. PVC rainwater goods are fitted.

Number 8 has a similar front facade arrangement to Number 2 with a timber panelled door, though the windows are modern. The rear has a full-height flat-roofed return with modern windows and door. The front facade is finished in lined render, the rear in rough cast. The roof is pitched with Bangor blue slates and a rendered chimney stack. A mixture of cast iron and PVC rainwater goods is present.

Number 10 is similar to Number 8 but has patterned glass to the fanlight and to the upper panes of the modern windows. The northern gable is blank and rendered. The rear has a large full-height flat-roofed return with PVC windows and door to the southern facade, with PVC windows to both ground and first floors of the rear western face of the main house. The front facade is finished in lined render, the rear in rough cast. The pitched roof is laid with Bangor blue slates and has a rendered chimney stack to the northern gable. A mixture of cast iron and PVC rainwater goods is present.