22 Ballybeen Road, Ballybeen, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 5PZ

Substantial two storey gabled farmhouse, possibly dating from the 1860s, situated a short distance east of Ballybeen Road, approximately two miles north of Ballygowan.

The front (west) façade is symmetrical. A timber panelled door with elliptical arch headed fanlight forms the centrepiece, with long, extremely narrow sidelights. The doorway is encased with Doric pilasters and an elliptical archivolt. Flanking the door on either side is a sash window with horizontal glazing bars, each with narrow surrounds to which sea shells have been stuck as decoration. The first floor contains three similar windows. The ground floor left side of the north gable features a flat-roofed canted bay with modern window frames. To the left (east) of this is the north façade of a large flat-roofed single storey extension, which has a large modern window and a door. The south gable has a sash window at ground floor centre.

At the rear, a large two storey gabled return projects from the centre. The north façade of the return is largely obscured by the extension at ground floor level, whilst the first floor has a large modern window with a smaller modern-framed window to its right. The exposed section of the main rear façade to the right (north) side of the return has a first floor window similar to those at the front but with a modern frame. The south face of the return has a glazed door with plain fanlight at ground floor left and a large modern window to the right. The first floor right has a similar window with a comparable window to its left, while the first floor left has a window matching those at the front with a modern frame. To the left side of the main house rear façade are ground and first floor windows of the same character as the front elevation.

The façade is finished in lined render with chamfered quoins and base. The roof is covered in Bangor blue slates with two tall rendered chimney stacks retaining some original pots. Rendered parapets front the main house. Plastic rainwater goods are present. Outbuildings stand to the east and north.

Ordnance Survey maps of 1834 and 1858 show a building on this site, though it is difficult to confirm whether it is the same structure, as the earlier plan appears marginally narrower. The present house has the appearance of dating post-1858 rather than earlier. The 1834 valuation returns make no mention of the property, indicating the house of that era was modest, probably single storey. The building visible today may therefore date from the later 1800s, though the flat-roofed extension is probably late 20th century, possibly constructed at the same time as the enlargement of windows to the return. At least one reception room has been entirely gutted and is devoid of any original detailing.