7 Waverley Drive, Bangor, Co Down, BT20 5LD

A 1 ½ storey two-bay attached Victorian dwelling built c1890. Square plan with return to the rear. Located in the suburban Ballyholme Ward, east of Bangor town centre and south of the Esplanade. Natural slate pitched roof with clay ridge tile with skews; decorative barge boards to dormers with finials. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods; smooth render chimney with tall hexagonal clay pots. Ruled-and-lined rendered walling; projected plinth and corbel course. Timber sliding sash windows with deep stones cills; round-arched 2/2 sliding sash windows to first floor level. Four-panel bolection moulded timber front door; brass ironmongery (painted) and round- arched fixed light over; embraced by plain surrounds with stucco moulded plinth blocks and cornice course; central chamfered key-block. Boot scraper located adjacent to the front door. The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrical with the front door located on the right hand side and a plain single-storey canted bay on the left; single continuous cill course around bay. Paired matching wall-headed dormers at first floor level; finial over right dormer only. The left gable is abutted by adjoining building. (HB23/03/016A) The rear elevation has a single ground floor window and wall-head dormer window (with no barge-boards) to the right hand bay. The left hand bay is abutted by a two-storey gabled return. The return has various sized window openings, some uPVC double glazed casement replacements to the ground floor. The return gable has a single wide opening on the ground floor with rear stable door adjacent; single window to left side first floor. The right gable is abutted by adjoining building 9 Waverley Drive. Setting The site is bounded at the front by a rendered wall and timber gated access flanked by concrete piers. The rear of the site is overlooked by a two-storey dwelling built c.1930, beyond which lies the former associated stables (now converted). The grounds to the front and rear are well maintained. The rear yard is accessed via a narrow passage. The general setting is two/three storey detached, semi-detached and apartment dwellings of various ages and styles. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber / uPVC RWG: uPVC