3 Stewart's Place, Holywood, Co Down, BT18 9DX

A three-storey two-bay house, built c.1850 located in Stewart’s Place, Holywood. The house is rectangular-on-plan (L-shaped ridge) with curved south-west corner, and has a modern two-storey extension to east. The house is one of a pair with 1 Stewart’s Place (HB23/20/020A). Roof is pitched natural slate with hipped corner, angled ridge and hip tiles. There are two rendered chimneys with moulded caps. Half-round cast-iron gutters over slightly projecting eaves on paired brackets; cast-iron downpipes. Walling is ruled-and-lined painted render over a chamfered plinth with cill course between ground and first floor; the curved corner has a slightly recess. Windows are 2/2 (horizontally-divided) margin paned sashes with projecting painted masonry sills to ground and second floor. Principal entrance elevation faces west and has three openings to each floor, including an arched door opening containing a four-panelled bolection-moulded door with brass furniture, two-pane sidelights with timber aprons, and three-pane fanlight over, all set in a timber frame with simple moulding to upright members . South elevation has two windows to each floor. East elevation is abutted by the modern extension, which is of no interest. Exposed right side has a window top each floor; that to ground floor is an enlarged bi-partite sash; first floor window is 6/6, and second floor is as others. North elevation is blank but is abutted by the remnants of the gable and chimney of a previous lower building (rendered over and painted to match house). Setting The house occupies an urban setting, bounded by public footpaths to west and south. The rear yard is enclosed by a tall rendered wall. The matching house to east (HB23/20/020, opposite) is derelict. Roof: Natural slate Walling: rendered Windows: timber RWG: Cast-iron