Tullylish Pottery, 59A Banbridge Rd, Gilford, Co Down, BT63 6DL

A two-storey block located at the N of what was, until recently, an extensive group of nineteenth-century mill buildings, most of which have been demolished or now survive in a derelict and overgrown roofless state. The surviving buildings here comprise one at E which is now the Pot Belly Restaurant, a disused structure in the centre, and a third at W which is now Tullylish Pottery. Located off the Banbridge Road, east of Gilford. East building A two-storey, multi-bay building aligned N-S along E side of block. Pitched natural slate roof (hipped at N end); slated timber-louvered ridge ventilator at S end (now partly clad with corrugated plastic sheeting). Small cylindrical metal flue on E pitch. Half-round metal rainwater goods. Walls of painted brick. N gable is three openings wide and is abutted to F/F by a modern timber balcony (with flat felted roof and open staircase up from right). Door and multi-paned timber sidelight to left and large sliding timber door to right at ground floor; Door to centre flanked by 12/4-paned timber top-opening windows to first floor. E elevation has 12/4 casements to both floors and is partly abutted to G/F by modern flat-roofed timber addition. Middle building Only N elevation is visible, all others being abutted by buildings. Raised ridge ventilator with hipped natural slate roof and louvered timber sides. Gable wall is of painted brick. Large sliding timber door to G/F and three 4x4-paned timber windows to FF, all now painted over. Staircase at front leading to F/F of E building. West building A two-storey, single-bay building. Hipped natural slate roof with half-round plastic rainwater goods. N elevation is painted brick and comprises 4x4-paned fixed timber window to left and timber half-door with large multi-paned sidelight to right at ground floor and three 4x4 timber square-headed windows to first floor. W elevation is of partly-rendered blackstone rubble. Four square-headed 4x4 timber windows to both floors (those to first floor directly over ground floor windows), all with brick jambs and segmental brick relieving arches over. S gable is abutted to G/F by a derelict single-storey shed with two-bay sawtooth roof and segmental arched opening to left of west elevation. F/F is clad with timber, with a large square-headed four-pane window to apex. E elevation is abutted by middle building. Setting Approached from the Banbridge – Gilford road down a long lane. Former mill office block to north (HB17/02/025A), car park to west (partly stone cobbled), overgrown vestiges of mill buildings to S. and dried-up and overgrown mill pond to E. Roof: Natural slate Rainwater goods: Metal / uPVC Walls: Stone / brick Windows: Timber