32 Castlewellan Road, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 4JD

A symmetrical two-storey Victorian house with attic, built around 1895, comprising three bays on a square plan with single-storey abutments to the side and rear. The house is located north of Castlewellan Road, east of Banbridge town centre.

The hipped roof is covered in natural slate with clay ridge and hip tiles, and features moulded timber eaves brackets with plain timber soffits and fascia. The chimneys are polychromatic brick with moulded caps and tall octagonal moulded clay pots. Rainwater goods are replacement uPVC.

The main walls are polychromatic brick laid to Flemish bond with contrasting brick quoins and an eaves course. The plinth is smooth rendered and projected. Windows are irregular 2/4 timber sliding sash with horns and segmental arched heads. Ground floor windows have projected yellow-brick surrounds rising to a moulded cornice, with projected aprons and contrasting brick quoins; the second floor windows have contrasting brick surrounds. All windows have painted masonry cills.

The principal elevation faces southwest and is symmetrically arranged with a centrally positioned front entrance flanked by single windows, and three diminished-in-height first floor windows above. The entrance door is timber four-panelled with brass ironmongery and a replacement tripartite overlight (stained glass added around 1970). It is set within moulded pilaster surrounds with entablature, positioned within a yellow-brick segmental-arched inset and approached by two stone steps.

The northwest elevation is asymmetrical, with two ground and first floor windows arranged slightly left of centre. The rear elevation is abutted by a shallow two-storey projection with painted smooth render, which is slightly wider at ground floor level and features brick corbelling. This projection has a small segmental-arched window at ground floor with casement window and a large segmental-arched fixed six-pane landing window above. A one-and-a-half-storey coach house abuts to the right of the rear, built in red brick with natural slate roof. It features timber sheeted coach entrance doors with a round-headed loading door to the gable and a variety of openings including an elliptical arched door addressing the enclosed courtyard.

The southeast elevation is asymmetrically arranged, with painted smooth rendered walling and a ground floor window to the left and narrow first floor window centrally positioned. A gabled single-storey abutment stands to the right with a gable chimney and replacement uPVC window. Further single-storey hipped roofed accommodation abuts to the rear, with leaded hips and ridge. The southeast cheek comprises a modern canted bay window to the left with an abutting greenhouse to the right. The northwest elevation of this section features a variety of segmental arched openings addressing the enclosed courtyard.

The house sits on an elevated site, partially visible from the main road, though modern dwellings built in front obscure the view. The site is accessed via octagonal masonry piers carrying robust decorative wrought-iron gates with castings, from which a sweeping driveway leads to the forecourt. Gardens address the front and sides of the house, with a concrete yard to the rear. A secondary gated entrance to the east comprises a single wrought-iron gate with concrete piers. The courtyard is enclosed with brick walling and accessed via timber sheeted gates set off smooth-rendered piers with plinths and moulded caps, laid with concrete flags. A further detached outbuilding stands to the north, featuring an overhanging hipped roof canopy and timber sheeted sliding doors with multi-paned glazing.