Ballyblack Lodge, 16 Ballyblack Road, Ballyhaft, Newtownards, Co Down, BT22 2AP

Ballyblack Lodge is a two-storey gabled manse house built between 1854 and circa 1858, now substantially extended at the rear. It stands at the end of a short lane approximately two miles south-west of Newtownards, Co Down. Originally built as the manse for the nearby Ballyblack Presbyterian Church under the direction of Reverend William Mitchell, the building has been significantly altered and enlarged during the twentieth century, though it retains some original architectural detailing.

The south-facing front elevation features a central timber-panelled door with three-pane sidelights with panelled aprons, topped by an elliptical arch fanlight with tracery. Flanking the door are sash windows with Georgian panes, repeated at first floor level where three evenly spaced similar windows are evident. The east gable displays a sash window to both ground and first floors, with a smaller eight-pane window adjacent on the ground floor. The entire facade is finished in roughcast render and painted.

The main house is roofed with pitched and gabled forms and features two yellow brick chimney stacks, with cast iron rainwater goods throughout. The building shown on the Ordnance Survey map of circa 1858–60 originally comprised the main house with a small rear projection only.

Significant extensions have been undertaken at the rear. Prior to circa 1929, a two-storey return was added to the building. This rear return, featuring gabled forms, incorporates multiple sash windows consistent with the original fenestration style, a timber-sheeted door to the far left on the ground floor, and partly blocked openings. The rear (north) gable of the return includes three small ground floor openings with timber-sheeted doors, added in the 1950s to serve an internal coal house.

A further full-height flat-roofed extension was added at the intersection of the main house and rear return, containing a large modern metal kitchen window on its north facade. The 1950s enlargements, undertaken by the current owner's mother, also introduced a sash window to the right side of the rear of the main house at both ground and first floors, and a circa 1950s sash window to the ground floor of the west gable of the main house.

The internal layout has been substantially altered, though some original detailing survives. Outbuildings stand to the north and west of the main house. The property remains well maintained and in private residential use.