42 Main St, Scarva, Craigavon, Co Down, BT63 6LS

A two-storey four-bay mid-terrace townhouse pre-dating 1830; rectangular plan form with rear return. Located centrally in the village on the east side of Main Street. Pitched natural slate roofing with clay ridge tiles; cast-iron rainwater goods; cement rendered chimneys with tall octagonal moulded clay pots. Dry-dashed rendered walling with cement plinth and quoins. 1/1 double-glazed timber sliding sash windows (casements to rear); masonry cills. Replacement timber front door. The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrically arranged. The front door is located left of centre; single window to the left; two windows to the right. The first floor comprises four symmetrical wall headed dormer windows with decorative timber barge boards surmounted by clay finials. The left gable is abutted by 40 Main Street. (HB17/03/031). The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Two-storey subservient rear return to the left bay with tall chimneystack at the gable end. Replacement timber casement windows throughout. View largely obscured. The right gable is abutted by St Matthew’s Parochial Hall. (HB17/03/033). Setting The building is part of a continuous terrace running the full length of the east side of Main Street. Heavily vegetated embankment to the rear. Opposite the house is Scarva Canal Bridge (HB17/03/036). Roofing : Natural slate Walling: Dry dash Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron