Hughes House, 6/7 Church Street, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 4AA

A late-Georgian three-storey four-bay terraced office, formerly two separate buildings and now one, built c.1800 and located to the north side of Church Street in Banbridge town centre. Square on plan with full-height return and single-storey flat-roof extension to rear; return abutted at a 90% angle by a two-storey former stable block. Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles and rendered chimneystacks having terracotta pots. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods on projecting eaves. Walling is painted ruled-and-lined render on a contrasting plinth. Windows are replacement timber sliding sash; 3/6 to second floor and 6/6 to first and ground floor, all with projecting sills. The principal elevation faces south-west and is five windows wide to second and first floor. Ground floor has large double-leaf timber-sheeted doors to former square-headed carriage-arch at right; to left of centre is a replacement four-panelled timber door, flanked by pilasters and surmounted by a plain entablature and segmental-arched overlight. Two windows to left of entrance, single window to right. The north-west gable is abutted to second floor by adjoining building (HB17/04/010E). The upper section is blank. The north-east (rear) elevation projects to right with a window to first and second floor and is abutted at ground floor by the single-storey flat-roof extension. To right is the full-height return with a variety of timber casement windows to southeast elevation; northeast elevation is abutted at a right angle by the two-storey former stable-block (now converted). The south-east elevation is abutted by adjoining building (HB17/04/010B). Setting: Street-fronted and forming part of an early-nineteenth century terrace adjacent to Seapatrick Parish Church (HB17/04/001). The rear return is abutted at a 90 degree angle by a former stable-block forming a central yard. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron