Gate Lodge, 1 Groomsport House Road, Groomsport, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 6GH

A symmetrical single-storey three-bay Tudor-Revival former gate lodge, built c.1850 to designs by James Sands and located on the north side of Donaghadee Road, Groomsport at the entrance to Groomsport House (HB23/01/016A). Rectangular on plan with substantial extension to rear. Steeply pitched natural slate roof dominated by a central chimneystack consisting of twin lozenge-stacks on an ashlar sandstone plinth. Moulded stone gutters with cast-iron downpipes. All gables have fractables with sandstone kneelers. Walling is ruled-and-lined rendered with stepped sandstone quoins and plinth, unless otherwise stated. Windows are uPVC casements with splayed sandstone sills. Principal elevation is symmetrically with a window opening to either side of a projecting gabled ashlar sandstone entrance bay, containing a four-centred-arched entrance opening with hood-moulding surmounted by a blind shield. The door is timber sheeted with cast-iron door furniture, including boot-scraper. Left and right gables are identical, each having a single window to ground floor, with a blind-lancet niche to attic level. Rear elevation is completely abutted by the modern extension. Setting The lodge is set on a small site with lawn to front and pavoired parking area to rear. It is bounded to the road by a basalt rubble wall with soldier coping, and to the access lane by mild-steel railings and gate. The site is accessed via the remains of a gate screen (HB23/01/016C). The site has been developed with modern multi-occupancy residential units. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Render/stone Windows: uPVC RWG: Stone gutters, cast-iron downpipes