82 Church Street, Dromore, Banbridge, Co Down, BT25 1AA

A two-bay two-storey attached house built c.1860 and located to the north side of Church Street west of Dromore town centre. Rectangular plan with two-storey canted bay to south; single-storey entrance porch to west and two-storey flat-roof extension with single-storey porch to rear. Hipped natural slate roof with leaded ridges and red-brick chimneystacks having clay pots. Cast-iron ogee rainwater goods on bracketed timber eaves. Walling is painted smooth render on a contrasting plinth with raised quoins. Windows are 2/2 timber-framed sash with projecting painted sills; canted bay with chamfered surrounds and keyblock to first floor and decorative pilaster jambs to ground floor rising from continuous corbelled sill course. The principal elevation faces south. The original entrance has been incorporated into number 80 (HB1715/031A): entrance bay to no. 80 has timber verandah on slender cast-iron columns with ornate spandrel brackets and balustrade. To the left of this entrance, the two-storey canted bay and far left bay with two windows at each floor have been incorporated into no. 82.. West elevation has window and single-storey flat-roof entrance porch to ground floor - this is the entrance to no 82; two diminutive windows at first floor. The north (rear) elevation has, to right (number 82), a two-storey flat-roof extension with two timber casement windows to ground and first floor. Right bay has a window to first floor and single-storey flat-roof porch to re-entrant angle. Setting Situated in a suburban setting on the outskirts of the town, set back from the road with lawned garden to front and mature trees to entrance. Bounded to road by rendered plinth wall with hedgerow and square gate piers having pointed caps and supporting metal gates. Garden to rear is raised and set on a slope. Victorian Ice-house to west with arched timber-sheeted door. Modern detached garage also to west. Modern two-storey house attached to east gable of no 80 (HB17/15/031A) compromises the quality of the setting. Roof: Natural slate Walling: render Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron