Millpark House, 27 Springvale Road, Tullylish, Lawrencetown, County Down, BT63 6EB

A vacant three-bay two-storey house with outbuildings built c.1780, extended 1876 and again c.1940. Situated on a large wooded site to the north side of Springvale Road in Lawrencetown. Cruciform plan comprising four intersecting bays with two-storey extension to rear and single-storey lean-to porch. Hipped cruciform natural slate roof with leaded hips and rendered chimneystacks. uPVC rainwater goods. Walling is roughcast render. Windows are a variety of timber sliding sash with exposed boxes and projecting sills. The principal elevation faces north and is entirely concealed under vegetation. See historical information. The east elevation is partially concealed by vegetation; 2/4 window to first floor centre and 4/4 to ground floor left. The south (rear) elevation has south intersecting bay to centre with bipartite window to ground and first floor; two-storey extension to left has window to ground floor; lean-to porch to right has window and opens to east. The west elevation was not viewed (see surveyor’s comments). Setting Set on a large wooded site, formerly a bleachworks, with a long tree-lined entrance from Springvale Road. Laneway leads to yard to east with a rubblestone stable block and two-storey barn, all with timber-sheeted half-doors and corrugated tin roofs. Garden to east enclosed by rubble stone wall with red-brick coping. Large paddock to south bounded by a rubble stone boundary wall with metal latch gate. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Roughcast render Windows: Timber RWG: uPVC