25 The Parade, Donaghadee, Co Down

Two storey terraced house, situated within the NE side of The Parade. No.25 is a house which has been completely renovated recently and is now sub-divided into two flats. Front N facade has a left of centre decoratively panelled door with semicircular fanlight with tracery. The entrance is encased within a recently installed ‘Ards’; doorway, possibly artificial ‘sandstone’. To the right of the doorway is a sash window with Georgian panes. To the left are two similar windows, with a sheeted timber door to the far left. This door leads to a narrow entry which in turn leads to the entrance to one of the flats contained within this house. To the first floor are five evenly spaced windows, as ground floor. The right edge of this facade is ‘chamfered. The front facade is unrendered, displaying its rubble construction. At the rear is a large two storey gabled return the S end of which is shorter and looks as though it has been added recently, or else converted to living accommodation recently. The E facade of the return has three sliding sash windows as front but of varying size and with plain stone surrounds to the first floor, with three more to the ground floor along with a sheeted timber door to the far left. The gable of the return contains a large full height opening with a recent looking ‘tripartite’ window with Georgian panes, to the upper level and matching French doors to the lower level. The E facade of the return is unrendered and white-washed. The exposed section of the W facade is blank and finished in rough cast. The exposed section to the rear of the main House (to the E of the return) is also unrendered and white-washed. To the first floor are two narrow sliding sash windows, with one to the left on the ground floor, all with frames as front. To the right on the ground floor is the rear entrance to the side entry. The main roof of the main house is gabled with two large Velux windows to the front and one to the rear. The return roof is gabled also and has two Velux windows of differing size to the W side. All roofs have asbestos slates. Two rendered chimney stacks to main roof with decorative late-Victorian pots. Mixture of PVC and cast iron rw goods.