Ashton House, Green Road, Six Road Ends, Ballygrainey, Bangor, Co. Down, BT19 7QA

Ashton House is an early nineteenth-century farmhouse, likely substantially renovated and with a raised roof around the 1860s. The front facade retains attractive detailing, though a large, flat-roofed extension has been added to the rear in recent times.

The house is situated on the north side of Green Road, Six Road Ends, and presents a symmetrical front elevation. The central doorway is framed by plain pilasters, console brackets, a cornice, and a blocking course. To the left of the door is a double sash window with heavy mullions and horizontal astragals, similarly surrounded by a plain frieze, cornice, and blocking course. An identical window is positioned to the right of the doorway. Above, three smaller single sash windows are set within simple surrounds and rest on a cill course. A small, single-storey gabled section with a modern window is attached to the south gable’s east facade; two sash windows are located on the first floor above. A single-storey, rubble-built outbuilding is attached to the north gable. A window with a modern frame has been inserted into the right side of the first floor on the north gable, and a flat-roofed, full-height extension with modern doors and windows is attached to the left side of the rear facade. A window with a modern frame is also present on the rear facade of the main house, located to the right of the extension. The rear of the single-storey section to the south features a large modern window and a partially glazed door, with a blank gable. The facade is finished with lined render and painted terracotta red. The roof is covered with Bangor blue slates, with an overhang at the eaves and decorative barge boards. Two rendered chimney stacks are present on the gables, alongside a mixture of cast iron rainwater goods.

A house is depicted on Ordnance Survey maps from 1834 and 1858-60, though the roof’s height may have been altered, possibly around 1860. The rear extension was added around 1970. Valuation records from approximately 1836 indicate Robert Curragh occupied the house and land at that time, with a rateable value of £3-10-11.