Crozier House, 15 Church Square, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 4AP

A two-storey with semi-basement and attic three-bay mid-terrace Georgian house built 1791; rectangular plan form. Located on Church Square, north of Banbridge town centre, opposite the Crozier Monument (HB17/07/011). Flat-top natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; parapet eaves with concealed rainwater goods; cast-iron ogee moulded rainwater goods to the rear; smooth rendered chimney with moulded cornice. Stucco rendered walling; rusticated channelling to ground floor; ruled-and-lined to first floor; raised long-and-short quoins; moulded stringcourse and plat band. Tripartite 9/9 sliding timber sash windows with 3/3 side lights; no horns; moulded surrounds and panelled pilaster frame rising to broken cornice course surmounted by segmental-pediments decorated with patera and festoons, dentilled moulded archivolt with acanthus leaf. Jamb mouldings drop beyond cill to plat band at basement level. 6/6 sliding sash first floor windows; no horns; moulded surrounds; painted masonry cills. 3/3 sliding sash attic windows; no horns; no surrounds; painted masonry cills. Raised-and-fielded eight panel entrance door with cast-iron ironmongery; flanked by 3-paned side light with blank aprons; plain pilastered frame rising to entablature decorated with patera and festoons surmounted by segmental pediment decorated with moulded plaque depicting figures under a tree with urn; dentilled moulded archivolt with acanthus leaf; moulded jambs. The principal elevation faces northeast and is symmetrically arranged. Centrally positioned sweeping perron rising to ground floor entrance over basement trench; flanked by single ground floor windows; three first floor and attic windows directly over. Three basement windows. Blue plaque located to the ground floor right “CAPTAIN FRANCIS RAWDON MOIRA CROZIER DISCOVERER OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE 1796-1848 LIVED HERE.” The left gable is asymmetrically arranged; attic window to the right. Ground and first floor abutted by adjoining building (HB17/07/008). The rear elevation is symmetrically arranged with 5 openings to each floor; basement, central and right bays fully fenestrated; left bay openings generally blind with exception of ground floor and attic left. Roughcast rendered; no mouldings; centrally positioned masonry perron rising to replacement rear door with margin paned transom light. The right gable is asymmetrically arranged; smooth rendered; two narrow first floor windows to the right; two attic windows; the ground floor is abutted by 23 Church Square (HB17/07/010). Setting The former dwelling forms part of a terrace to the north part of the town, looking on to Church Square. Wrought-iron railing with cast-iron newels; moulded coping addressing the front entrance. Yard to the rear enclosed to the north and east by a night-club complex; of no historic interest. Roofing : Natural slate Walling : Stucco Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron