93 Lurgan Road, Seapatrick, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 4NE

A two-bay two-storey-with-attic rendered mid-terrace house built circa 1865, located on the east side of Lurgan Road in Seapatrick. The building is square on plan with a two-storey return to the rear.

The roof is pitched natural slate with blue and black angled ridge tiles. The rendered chimneystack has moulded caps and terracotta pots. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods with cavetto moulded eaves (uPVC to rear). The walling is painted smooth render on a narrow plinth.

The principal elevation faces west with two bays to each floor. Windows are segmental-arched 2/2 timber sliding sash replacements in moulded architraves with projecting sills; uPVC replacements to the rear. At ground floor left is a four-panelled timber door with square-headed overlight, flanked by panelled pilasters and surmounted by a corniced pediment with console brackets. The north elevation is abutted by the adjoining building. The rear elevation has a modern full-width dormer to the attic with hung slate walling and two uPVC windows. A uPVC window appears to the first floor left and a uPVC porch with plastic roof to the ground floor left. The two-storey return to the right has a uPVC window to the ground floor at the gable. The left cheek has three windows to the first floor, the left two of diminished height. The right cheek is blank. The south elevation is abutted by the adjoining building.

The setting is street-fronting with a paved yard to the rear enclosed by a high rendered wall with a timber-sheeted entrance gate.

The terrace was constructed as housing for supervisory staff and a shop by the local spinning firm Hayes & Co Ltd. The buildings first appear in the valuation fieldbook dated 1864 to 1874 and are shown on the third edition Ordnance Survey map of circa 1900 as a terraced row opposite the Hayes mill complex, captioned 'Seapatrick Mills'. Numbers 91 to 95 Lurgan Road are the first listed in the fieldbook, with 97 and 99 added at a slightly later date. The invention of power-loom spinning and weaving in the early nineteenth century led to the establishment of major spinning mills such as Hayes at Seapatrick and Dunbar McMaster at Gilford, placing Banbridge at the centre of world linen production for many years. A photograph of part of the terrace dating from circa 1900 appears in Young and Quail's collection 'Old Banbridge'. The terrace remains essentially unchanged since that time, except for alterations to the rear and in some cases removal or alteration of the ornamental pediment above the front door.

Number 93 was initially a house and yard valued at £6.10s and leased from Frederick William Hayes and Company Ltd. The first recorded occupant was William Mulligan, followed by Thomas McMahon in 1902. According to the 1901 census, McMahon was a thread manager living with his wife and two teenage children; his thirteen-year-old son was working as a clerk. By 1911 McMahon was 70 and working as a clerk, with his daughter still resident employed as a dressmaker. He was followed by John H McCoy in 1919 and James Radcliffe in 1920. At the time of the First General Revaluation (1933–34), the house was home to Edward Scott and was revalued at £8.10s. The accommodation comprised a lobby, reception room, three bedrooms, a kitchen, scullery and WC in the yard. The rent was 5s.9d weekly, which included 6d for light. An annexe meant that this house had one more bedroom than other houses in the terrace. The house continues in use as a dwelling.

The interior has been fully refurbished and the attic converted with dormer insertion to the rear. Although the character of the principal elevation has been retained, the modernisation has resulted in the loss of much historic interest. This mid-Victorian terrace is of a common type and not among the best examples. It has been compromised by cumulative changes and is not of special interest.