Ballyvally House, 27 Dromore Road, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 4EE

Ballyvally House is a rendered two-storey four-bay detached house with outbuildings, built before 1830 and located north of Dromore Road east of Banbridge town centre.

The building comprises a symmetrical rectangular block abutted by a two-storey gabled late 20th century extension to the north-west with a gabled two-storey return and projecting porch to the rear. The pitched natural slate roof features blue and black angled ridge tiles and raised verges, with rendered chimneystacks to the gables topped by tall terracotta pots. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods run along the projecting eaves, with cast-iron downpipes and hoppers. The walling is painted smooth render, while the return and projecting porch to the rear are painted brick.

The principal elevation faces south-west and comprises the original symmetrical facade, three openings wide to each floor. The first floor windows are 3/6 and the ground floor windows are 6/6. At the centre of the original facade is an elliptical-arched entrance opening containing an eight-panel flat recessed timber door, accessed via four stone steps. The door is flanked by three-paned side lights and surmounted by an ornate timber fanlight. The gabled extension to the left is higher and measures two windows wide at each floor.

Windows throughout the building are timber sliding sash with two multi-paned dormers to the north-east. The north-west elevation is abutted by the two-storey extension, which has a 1/1 window to the centre and a wall-headed chimney to the right at first floor level, with two elongated 1/1 windows to the ground floor.

The north-east rear elevation comprises the main rectangular block to the left, abutted by a two-storey gabled return with a 1/1 window right of centre to the first floor, a wall-headed chimney to the far left, and a timber-sheeted door to the right. A small single-storey flat-roofed extension to the left has blank faces except for a small square window to the right cheek. The left cheek of the return has two 1/1 windows to each floor; the right cheek has two 1/1 windows to the ground floor only. The return is flanked by a flat-roofed dormer fully glazed with multi-paned casements and a 6/6 window at first floor. To the left is a flat-roof single-storey projecting porch with a four-panelled timber door and a window to the left cheek; the right cheek is blank. A 2/2 window with horizontal glazing bars sits to the left of the porch, with a small square window to the right. To the right of the return is an enlarged quadripartite timber casement window in an elliptical-arched recess. The gabled extension to the right comprises a small square window to attic level, three 1/1 windows to the first floor (the left two are paired and narrow), and two elongated 1/1 windows to the ground floor. The left cheek is blank; the right cheek aligns with the north-west elevation. The south-east gable has a 6/6 window to the first floor right and a 4/4 window to the centre at ground floor, with a chimney to the ridge and a wall-headed chimney to the far right.

To the rear yard is a two-storey roughcast rendered slated barn to the east, five openings wide to the first floor with three louvered vents. The ground floor is nine openings wide, comprising timber-sheeted latch doors and 1/1 timber sash windows.

The house occupies a mature elevated site north of Dromore Road. The surrounding land has been developed with a range of modern storey-and-a-half and two-storey dwellings. Access is via a tarmacadam driveway to the south with slender gate piers and modern timber fence, leading to a tarmacadam yard to the rear of the house. Access to the rear yard is via a rubble stone wall with red-brick and rubble stone gate pier supporting modern timber gates. To the far left is a modern canopy with a corrugated tin roof supported on slender metal piers. To the south-east is a garage and shed with curved frontage having timber-sheeted-and-glazed garage doors. The yard is enclosed to the east by a pair of wrought-iron gates. The yard is enclosed to the south by a rubble stone and red-brick wall with two original timber-sheeted doors leading to a walled garden. A timber greenhouse on a red-brick base abuts the wall to the north. The walled garden is lawned with a variety of mature trees and gravelled paths.