9 Bangor Road, Holywood, Co Down, BT18 0NU

A two-storey mid-19th century semi-detached villa with rendered walls and hipped roofs, situated at 9 Bangor Road, Holywood.

The main entrance faces south, with the principal elevation facing west. The west elevation spans three windows wide beneath a hipped roof dressed in Bangor blue slates laid in regular courses, with red-toned ridge tiles to the main ridge and dark grey-toned tiles to the hipped roof. The walls are finished in smooth render, lined and blocked, with a slightly raised smooth frieze and projecting plinth. Oversailing eaves with white painted timber soffit are supported on shaped timber brackets. Moulded cast iron guttering runs along the eaves, with one circular downpipe (part PVC, part cast iron) at the left-hand extremity shared with the adjoining house, and one rectangular section PVC downpipe at the right-hand extremity. One chimney with smooth render and a small block cornice rises from the roof, topped with six original octagonal stoneware pots. A gabled dormer features plain timber pilasters framing a semi-circular arched modern fixed upper light with an opening lower light, surmounted by an open pediment with moulded timber barges and plain cheeks; the dormer roof is slated as the main roof. Windows throughout are rectangular timber sliding sash vertically hung, 1 over 1 with horns, set in raised moulded render surrounds with projecting sandstone cills and rendered ends; the left-hand and right-hand cills are in poor condition.

The original south elevation comprises three bays. The roof, walls, and guttering match the west elevation. A smaller chimney with block cornice stands to the right of the main chimney, also with original stoneware pots. Windows match those of the west elevation, all with horns except one on the ground floor at the extreme right, which lacks horns. The main entrance occupies the second bay from the left: it comprises an elliptic arched opening with panelled archivolt, keystone, and panelled pilasters, recessing to a doorway with an original rectangular timber panelled door and plain sidelights set between triple columned mullions, surmounted by a plain fanlight. A sandstone doorstep, partly rendered, completes the entrance.

Projecting at the right-hand extremity of the original south elevation is a screen wall to a coachyard, finished in smooth render with plain block sandstone coping to its top. It contains a large elliptical archway with a raised surround, panelled as the main entrance, with an iron girder inset; modern iron gates, not original, now close the archway. The rear face of this screen wall is finished in roughcast render with pebble dash.

Extending beyond the coachyard archway is a one-bay modern extension in almost the same plane as the original south elevation. This two-storey structure has a flat roof, timber fascia with oversailing felt covering, and rendered walls with pebble dash finish. It contains one window per storey: a modern rectangular timber fixed light to the ground floor and a metal casement to the first floor, both set in plain reveals with a sandstone cill to the ground floor and a concrete cill to the first floor.

The east elevation is substantially covered by a modern two-storey flat-roofed extension. The main block roof is slated as previously described, with modern flush rooflights. The extension has a flat roof, with rubble stone exposed to the ground floor and smooth render to the first floor. A projecting balcony at first floor level is supported on a rectangular section steel post at the left-hand extremity, with a single-storey rubble stone bay to the right-hand side. Modern concrete steps with modern plain iron balustrading lead to the balcony. Windows in this elevation are all modern: timber casements to the ground floor and metal casements to the first floor. A modern glazed and panelled timber door at first floor opens on to the balcony. At the right-hand extremity of the modern extension is a projecting single-storey outbuilding forming part of the adjacent property at No. 11, constructed in red brick and dry dash walling with a slated roof.

The building stands within its own grounds, set well back from the main road and accessed by a driveway. An extensive front garden contains lawns and shrubs. The main entrance gateway, shared with the adjoining property, comprises a pair of rendered, wet-dashed and painted circular gate piers with octagonal bases and octagonal sandstone caps; the gates are missing. Curved screen walls, rendered as the piers and topped with sandstone copings, connect to square end piers similarly rendered with concrete caps. The front boundary wall is rendered with concrete coping. The north boundary is partly formed by low fencing, partly by mature hedge. The south boundary to the front is partly formed by a rubble stone wall enclosing an adjacent 19th century church, and partly by mature hedge or bushes. The driveway terminates at the coachyard entrance, opening to a gravelled area at the house and a terraced area along the front, enclosed by modern low rendered lined and blocked plinth walls with concrete copings and concrete steps. The south boundary alongside the house consists of rubble stone with sandstone copings that rake up to the coachyard entrance. The rear yard is partly surfaced in concrete and partly in modern concrete flagstones with some red brick panels, and contains a modern concrete fountain. The south boundary to the rear yard is rubble stone with concrete coping; the north boundary is formed by a rubble stone two-storey outbuilding with slated roof, and a modern single-storey canted bay. At the east end of the rear yard stands a modern single-storey timber-boarded outbuilding.