Victoria House, 2 Newry Road, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 3HF

A detached asymmetrical two-storey three-bay house with attic and basement, built c.1810. Rectangular plan form with rear returns. Located on Newry Road south of Banbridge town centre, adjacent to the junction with Kenlis Street and Commercial Road. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Replacement heavy duty cast aluminium rainwater goods; masonry copings; cement rendered chimneys with moulded cornice and moulded clay pots. Cement rendered walling. Replacement 6/6 double-glazed timber sliding-sash windows; no horns; moulded surrounds; masonry cills. Six raised and pointed panelled timber front door with bolection mouldings; cast-iron ironmongery, set in elliptical recess and framed by granite Doric columns with entablature, surmounted by a bat-wing fan-light; set into an elliptical arched opening. The entrance is accessed by granite steps with perron over the basement trench, flanked by cast-iron railings. The principal elevation faces east and is asymmetrically arranged. The door is located left of centre with a single window to the left and two to the right. Four first floor windows directly over ground floor openings. The left (north) gable is asymmetrically arranged. Two windows to the ground and first floor. Single window to basement at left. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Single window to the first floor with two windows to the second floor. The right is abutted by a two storey over basement pitched roof gable ended return with various diminished windows throughout. Basement level left is abutted by a single-storey lean-to extension. Small lean-to porch centrally located. The right (south) gable is asymmetrically arranged. Single basement, ground and first floor window located right of centre. Setting The former outbuildings to the rear of the site were demolished c.2000 and replaced with a two-storey commercial building; pitched natural slate roof and timber casement windows. Beyond the site to the rear is a large car-park and supermarket. To the front is a small garden enclosed by a render wall with wrought-iron gate. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: render Windows: Timber RWG: Cast aluminum