Carrig Gorm, Carrig Dene, 27 Bridge Road, Helens Bay, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1TS

Carrig Gorm is an asymmetrical one-and-a-half storey Victorian dwelling with tower, built around 1880. It stands on Bridge Road approximately one mile north-west of Helens Bay Railway Station in County Down. The building comprises three bays with an irregular plan form and is recorded as a property of heritage interest.

The roof is pitched natural slate with clay ridge tiles and timber finials. The gable ends feature simple moulded bargeboards with decorative collar ties, protruding purlins and turned king posts. Rafter ends are exposed. Stucco moulded chimneystacks with clay pots rise through the roof, and uPVC replacement rainwater goods are fitted throughout. The walling is stucco rendered with ruled-and-lined finish and includes a projected plinth.

Windows are replacement double-glazed uPVC sliding sash-style and casement windows with moulded surrounds and raised and pointed key-blocks. The original timber double leaf front door retains glazed upper panels with matching sidelights, all set in a shouldered timber frame with leaded and stained overlights.

The principal north-west elevation is asymmetrically arranged with a centrally located cat-slide bay containing the front entrance left of centre and two windows to the right. Two dormers with finials and keyblocked arched windows sit above. One-and-a-half storey gabled end bays flank either side. The right gable is symmetrically arranged with a central ground floor window flanked by matching narrow windows and two first floor windows. The left gable is slightly diminished in scale, symmetrically arranged with two ground floor windows and a single first floor window. The left north-east gable is asymmetrically arranged with a bi-partite ground floor window to the left and a single first floor window left of centre.

A single-storey uPVC conservatory adjoins the right hand side. A single-bay projecting gable was added later, adjoining the one-and-a-half storey elevation to the left with single windows on each floor. The rear south-east elevation comprises a symmetrical gable to the left with two windows to each floor. A three-stage square-plan tower abuts the right cheek of this gable, with plain detailing, a corbelled third stage surmounted by a steep pitched pyramidal roof, and diminished windows to the south-east face at second stage and single windows to south-east, south-west and north-west faces at third stage. A large extended shallow pitched catslide roof with numerous modern rooflights covers much of the rear. The right gabled return comprises a blank gable with central chimney and single windows to the first floor of each cheek. The south-west elevation is principally symmetrically arranged with a central projecting gable comprising a central double height arched recess and single windows to each floor.

The setting is screened by hedges and trees. A gated entrance with decorative iron railings, iron piers surmounted by lamps, and gravel driveway with dual access runs parallel to the main road. A large lawn extends in front of the dwelling, with yard and simple linear single and one-and-a-half storey outbuildings to the rear. The site is surrounded by large detached suburban dwellings.