98 Half-Way Road, Dromore, Banbridge, County Down, BT32 4HB

A two-storey three-bay farmhouse built c.1850; rectangular plan form with rear return; three-storey mill buildings to the rear (HB17/13/003B). Located of the main Banbridge to Dromore road to the north, opposite the junction to Mt Ida Road. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; smooth rendered chimneystacks with corbelled upper course; cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast cement rendered walling; smooth rendered undercut plinth. 6/6 timber sliding sash windows with exposed sash boxes; with horns; replacement concrete cills; first floor windows 3/6 sliding sash. Replacement timber door comprising six raised-and-fielded panels; panelled pilaster frame with scrolled brackets; 5-paned side lights; concrete cills; elliptical arched fanlight with radial glazing bars. The principal elevation faces south and is symmetrically arranged. Centrally position entrance window single windows to either side. Three first floor windows directly over ground floor openings. The left gable is blank. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged; first floor windows to the centre and right bay; ground floor window to the right bay; replacement timber casement window to the centre. The left bay is completely abutted by a two-storey rear return projecting at an angle towards the northeast; matching eaves, lower ridge levels. Lit by sash windows to upper floor with insertions and enlarged windows to ground floor. Extended by a single-storey gabled shed, similarly detailed. The right elevation is asymmetrically arranged; first floor window to the right; replacement casement window to the ground floor right. Setting The house and outbuildings are clearly visible from the main road; located at the end of a long straight private lane lined with fencing leading directly to the rear yard. In front is a lawn with concrete forecourt enclosed largely by a roughcast rendered wall with wrought-iron pedestrian gate. Further wrought-iron gate and smooth rendered piers abutting the right gable. To the northwest of the house is a large former hemstitching factory predating 1830 (refer to HB17/13/003B for details). Further modern agricultural units beyond. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Roughcast Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron