28 The Parade, Donaghadee, Co Down

Two storey gabled house of probable late seventeenth century origin, but with Georgian façade. and early Victorian door surround. The house is set in the middle of a terrace, to the eastern side of The Parade near to the harbour. This house is built into a curve within the terrace and its ‘gable’ walls are not straight. Front N facade has a symmetrical arrangement with a central doorway with timber sheeted door and four pane fanlight. The door is encased with an early Victorian door surround (c.1840s) with pilasters and console brackets supporting a cornice. To the left of the doorway are two windows with Georgian paned sliding sash frames. To the right of the doorway are two similar windows, with five more to the first floor. The facade is finished with lined render and chamfered quoins and is painted. A section of the facade of a previous dwelling to the E of this is still visible beyond the quoins of the front facade of this building. In the centre of the rear facade there is a two storey gabled return. To the gable of this return is a first floor window, as before, with a set of (sympathetic looking) French doors to the ground floor. To the W face of the return is a window (as before) to the ground and the first floor. To the left on the main rear facade are a pair of French doors to the ground floor is a window directly above to the first floor (much as before but with 8 panes to each sash rather than 6). To the right on the main rear facade is a window (as front) to the ground and directly above to the first floor. The rear facade is finished in plain render and painted. The main and return roofs are both gabled and covered in Bangor blue slates. High stone parapets and two rendered chimney stacks. Three small cast iron skylights to front. Three Velux windows to rear (of varying size). Cast iron rw goods.