11-13 Church Street, Portaferry, Co Down, BT22 1LS

Relatively large, two storey terrace block, possibly c.1830, and now a house and shop. The property is built slightly on the squint on the E side of Church Street, just to the N of Portaferry town centre. The front (W) façade is now asymmetrical. To the centre of the ground floor is a panelled timber door (to house) to with plain moulded surround and simple entablature set on decorated brackets. Two sash windows to the left with moulded surrounds and slim concrete cills. To the right of th house doorway is modern timber and glazed shop door with fanlight (now covered) and sidelight. Fixed light shop window to left set in elliptical arch with supporting pilasters and stone cill. Modern PVC shop sign above door and window. To the first floor are five unevenly spaced windows, as ground floor left. Entire front facade finished in unpainted rough cast render with in/out quoins. The N gable has one single pane fixed light window to the left side at attic level, but is otherwise blank. It is finished with unpainted rough cast and the left side merges with a c.2m high, rendered garden wall. The lower part of the rear facade is obscured by the high garden wall. The first floor has a modern two pane window to the far left and far right and a similar window to the left of centre. (set slightly higher) To the right of that to the centre is a small high level window, fixed light, single pane. The gabled roof is covered with fibre cement slates and two yellow brick chimneys with corbelled decoration and matching pots. PVC gutters and down spouts. There are two Velux windows to the left side of the rear of roof. Lane way leading to Parochial house between No.13 and No.17 originally the site of single storey house [demolished ?c.1968].