Glendore House, 210 Crawfordsburn Road, Crawfordsburn, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1HY

A two-storey, two-bay Victorian dwelling erected c.1870; rectangular plan form with a two-storey return. Located of the Crawfordsburn Road, northeast of Crawfordsburn Village, between the junctions of Cootehall Road and Old Windmill Road. Pitched natural slate roof and plain ridge tiles; gable skews with scrolled shoulder. Replacement cement render chimneystack with moulded cornice; decorative octagonal clay pots. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods throughout. Exposed rubble masonry walling with red-brick surrounds (formerly rendered). Smooth rendered rusticated quoins and projected plinth course; stepped corbel eaves course. 1/1 timber sliding sash with horns; smooth reveals and head; stone cills. Wide timber front door; four panelled with bolection mouldings; brass ironmongery. Flanked by a pair of narrow Ionic columns with entablature; segmental-arched fanlight over; embraced by moulded segmental arched opening. The principal gable faces south and is asymmetrically arranged. Ground floor level comprises the front entrance to the right and a single window to the left. Two first floor windows directly over ground floor openings. The east elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Tripartite window with narrow side sashes to the ground floor right; broad smooth rendered surrounds. Single-storey canted bay to the left; smooth rendered with slated hipped roof. Two diminished first floor windows over ground floor openings. Central chimney removed. The north gable is asymmetrically arranged. Single-storey canted bay to the right; smooth rendered with slated hipped roof. Single window to the left. Two windows at first floor level over ground floor openings. The west elevation has a single round-arched window located centrally at first floor; margin panes and stained glass. The left hand side is abutted by a subservient two-storey return four windows deep; lower eaves and ridge level; flat tile roof; smooth rendered walling. The south face comprises uniformly arranged 2/2 timber sliding sash windows with vertical glazing bars. The north face has been largely altered with a single-storey flat roofed porch abutment to the right hand side and a two-storey gable projection to the left hand side. The west gable is further abutted by a single-storey flat-roofed extension with cast-iron parapet and a variety of windows. Large chimney stack with four pots removed. Setting: The house and it gardens are largely screened from the adjacent road by mature trees. The house is accessed by a gravel drive way with landscaped gardens to the right. To the left is an extended lawn with sporadic vegetation in the immediate foreground leading to views towards the Industrial Heritage Record (Windmill: 0251500000) and beyond towards Belfast Lough. Adjacent to the rear of the building is a short-row of single-storey adjoining garages/stores; of no significant interest. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Exposed rubble masonry Windows: Timber RWG: uPVC replacement