36-42 Main Street, Greyabbey, Newtownards, Co. Down, BT22 2NG

Originally uniform group of four, relatively plain single fronted two storey dwellings of c.1865, most now with modern returns to rear and modern window frames throughout. The group is set on the NW side of Main Street, Greyabbey. The front SE facade of each house has the same arrangement of a door to the left, with plain pilasters, lintel frieze and cornice, a window to the right, and two similar sized windows to the first floor. The main gabled roofs are covered with thick concrete tiles, with similar tiles to extensions. Five yellow brick chimneys to whole terrace. Cast iron rw goods to front facade of terrace, PVC to rear. Nos.36-38 are finished in plain render, with lined render to Nos.40-42. Nos.36 and 42 (the end buildings) have chamfered quoins and there is a chamfered plinth to the whole terrace. The front elevation of the whole terrace is painted a uniform black and white. No.36 has a timber and glazed door and PVC windows, made to look like sash and case with ‘Georgian’ panes. No.38 has a similar door and PVC windows, but windows are modern in style with diamond ‘leaded’ lattice pattern throughout. No.40 has similar door and windows to No.38, but without lattice to windows. No.42 has a timber sheeted ‘stable’ door, but the ground floor window opening has been greatly enlarged and now has a timber multi pane window, with ‘gothic’ arch heads to uppermost panes and diamond leaded lattice pattern throughout. Exposed section of Gable to No.36 rendered and blank. Gable of No.42 has been extended with lean to two level extension to rear and is rendered. This gable has one modern timber window (with coloured glass) to the right on the ground floor and two smaller modern timber windows to the right on the first floor. Nos.38-40 have two storey gabled extensions to the rear with PVC windows. No.36 has a two storey lean to extension to the rear with modern windows, and there is a modern timber window to the rear of the (partly rubble built) extension to No.42. All extensions are rendered, with that to No.42 only partly so.