82 Church Road, Holywood, Co Down, BT18 9BX

Two-bay, three-storey mid terrace house built c.1870, located to the east of Church Road near Holywood town centre. Rectangular on plan with two storey return to rear and two-storey canted bay to front. Pitched natural slate roof with brick chimneys with moulded painted masonry plinths, multiple flues and terracotta pots; stalked brick gable chimney on rear return. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods on sandstone corbelled eaves. Walling is Flemish bonded red brick, canted bay is painted stone; windows are timber-framed 1/1 sliding sash with sandstone moulded lugged surrounds, flat brick arches and painted sandstone cills; continuous cill course to upper floors. Bay windows have decorative console brackets to sills. Principal elevation faces southwest and has triple window openings to left bay (those to ground and first floor contained in projecting canted bay with dentilled eaves); paired openings to upper floor and single openings, including entrance door, to right bay. Door has four bolection-moulded raised-and-pointed panels with brass door furniture; transom light surmounted by sandstone pediment on scrolled console brackets; sandstone architrave; accessed by two bull-nosed stone steps. Abutted to northwest by adjoining building (HB 23/20/040A) Rear elevation is abutted by a two storey return. Exposed section has 6/6 sash window at each floor. Return at north wall has two timber-framed 2/2 sliding sash windows to upper floor and modern UPVC window and modern door to ground floor. Gable wall has modern UPVC window at ground floor and timber door to yard at right. Abutted to southeast by adjoining building (HB 23/20/040C) Setting The house is set back from the road with a small garden and paved pathway to front enclosed with a small hedge. Rear garden is across rear access. Roof: Natural Slate Walling: brick Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron