24 Killaughey Road, (off Cannyreagh Road), Cannyreagh, Donaghadee, Co. Down

24 Killaughey Road is an attractive, Scottish-influenced one and a half storey house, probably dating from around 1830 to 1840, situated at the north-east end of a terrace on the south-west side of Killaughey Road in Cannyreagh, Donaghadee.

The front north-west facade is symmetrical and finished in unrendered rubble construction. At its centre is a panelled door with two stone steps and a fanlight featuring margin tracery. On either side of the doorway are two sliding sash windows with Georgian panes. The first floor comprises two gabled half dormers with decorative barge boards, each containing a sliding sash window matching those below. The gabled roof is finished with Bangor blue slates and carries two rendered chimney stacks.

A single storey lean-to is attached to the north-east gable. This has a tiny four-pane window to the centre of its north-east face and a timber-sheeted door to its right. The short south-east face has another timber-sheeted door. The north-west short face of the lean-to is flush with the front facade and consists of a tall curving rough-cast wall culminating in a sturdy rendered gate post. A matching gate post stands across from this, with timber gates between them. The exposed section of the north-east gable is finished in lined render.

The rear of the house has a complex layout. A two-storey gabled return occupies the centre rear. The ground floor level to the rear of this return is largely open, except for the south-west side where a single storey return with high parapet is attached. The first floor of the north-east side of the return contains two windows with narrow smooth render surrounds; the south-west face has a similar window. Within the open ground floor area, a timber-sheeted door is set into the south-east wall, and the north-east wall (also the north-east facade of the single storey extension) has a matching window. The south-east face of the single storey return contains two similar windows. The right side of the main house rear has one window to ground floor and two smaller similar windows to first floor. All rear facades and returns are finished in unpainted rough cast. Roofs are gabled except to the single storey return, which appears to have a flat roof. Cast iron rainwater goods are present throughout.

The dating of the house is uncertain. Its appearance in the 1834 Ordnance Survey map, combined with its Georgian sash windows, suggests a date around 1830, yet it appears in c.1836 valuation records as one of twenty-two houses of low rateable value, which seems inconsistent with what would have been a relatively desirable residence by 1830s standards. The house may therefore post-date 1836, possibly dating to around 1840. However, the gabled dormers and decorative barge boards, together with the Scottish-influenced character (appropriate given Donaghadee's historical connections with Portpatrick), suggest it could equally well date from around 1830 in the manner of contemporary Scottish dwellings. The rear returns may have been altered or extended at some point.

The extent of the listing includes the house, gates and piers. The property lies within a conservation area.