Davidson’s Railway Hotel, 5-7 The Square, Ballygowan, Co. Down, BT23 6HY

Two storey gabled public house with living quarters of c.1860, set on the NE side of The Square (between The Brae and the Comber Road), Ballygowan. Front (SW) façade has a central double timber door encased with plain pilasters and a cornice supported on curved brackets. To the left and to the right of the doorway is a window with modern frame (with ‘Georgian’ panes). To the first floor are three similar windows. Long timber sign board above doorway with another above ground floor window to right. Internally illuminated projecting PVC sign to far left on first floor. To the far left side of the front façade is a doorstep formerly leading to a (now blocked) doorway. The window to the left of where the doorway once was much larger at one point, though its present size may match its original appearance. The NW gable rests on the slope of The Brae. To the first floor are two widely spaced windows as front. To the first floor are two similar, but smaller, windows. To the left hand side of this gable is the NW façade of a two storey return which fronts directly onto the street and in turn joins to a taller two storey section. This façade has four windows to the first floor of a similar size. Three of these window openings have shallow segmental arch heads and sash frames with Georgian panes, but that to the far right has a flat arch head and a modern frame. To the ground floor is a large modern window to the far left, then a modern partly glazed doorway, then two small modern windows, and, to the far right another modern doorway (leading to a first floor apartment). To the SE gable there are three unevenly spaced windows to the ground floor and three to the first floor, all with modern frames similar to front. To the right of this gable is a two storey return section with modern windows to the first floor. The façade of the main public house and the return to the NW is finished in lined render with chamfered quoins to the front façade. The main roof has Bangor blue slates with two (gable) rendered chimney stacks with original looking octagonal pots. PVC rainwater goods.