58 Villa Wood Road, Dromore, Banbridge, Co Down, BT25 1FU

A three-bay single-storey vernacular direct-entry dwelling predating 1834. Rectangular linear plan form with raised left bay, windbreaker porch and adjoining single-storey outbuilding. Located on the east side of Villa Wood Road approximately 3.5 miles west of Dromore. Pitched corrugated-iron roof with plain ridging to single-storey central and right bays; raised left bay slated with cement verges; smooth rendered chimneystacks with corbelled upper course; no pots. Rainwater goods largely removed with remains of drive-in brackets; existing cast-iron down-pipe with hopper head. Lime render walling over rubble masonry; eaves built up in brick. Remains of 1/1 timber sliding sash windows with horns, exposed sash boxes; concrete cills. Painted timber-sheeted entrance door set into projecting brick windbreaker porch with lean-to corrugated-iron roofing; addressed by embedded flagstone. The principal elevation faces east and is asymmetrically arranged; inclining site from left to right. Central windbreaker porch with window to its right; left and right bay each has a single window. Brick quoins to the right. Left gable is cement rendered with attic window. Abutted by single-storey outbuilding; pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; lime rendered and exposed rubble masonry walling. Further abutted by flat roofed corrugated-iron shed; of minimal interest. View to rear elevation completely obscured by thick vegetation. The right gable is blank; abutted by flat roofed corrugated-iron shed; of minimal interest. Setting: Extensive rural setting set back from the road and screened from public view. The farmhouse is sited at the end of an inclining lane at the crest of a hill with extensive views across the rural landscape. Modern farm gates access the field in which the farmhouse sits. Thick vegetation to the rear. Roofing: Thatch under tin Walling: Lime rendered rubble masonry Windows: Timber sliding sash RWG: Cast-iron