71 Bridge Street, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 3JL

A three-storey four-bay mid-terrace former linen stores built c.1840; rectangular plan form with large rear return. Located at the north end of Bridge Street on the east side forming part of a terrace opposite the junction with Downshire Road. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; decorative cast-iron ogee moulded rainwater goods on moulded corbels and decorative moulded brackets. Ruled-and-lined painted rendered walling. 1/1 timber sliding sash windows with horns; painted masonry cills. Four raised-and-pointed panelled timber door with bolection mouldings; decorative square-headed leaded overlight. The principal elevation faces east and is asymmetrically arranged; slightly splayed at the far left. The ground floor comprises door to the left with modern replacement glazed shop front extending to the far right. Four uniformly arranged first floor windows with slightly diminished in height second floor windows directly over. Individually fixed lettering “ARCADE” between first and second floor. The left gable is abutted by the adjoining building (HB17/07/016D). The rear elevation is abutted by an attached hipped three-storey over basement rear return(c.1893). Light well to the right bay. The rear elevation of the extension comprises paired windows of varying sizes to all floor on the right; basement windows blocked up; cantilevered toilet located between second and third floor on the left. The left cheek is partially abutting by the adjoining building three windows over. The right cheek is abutted by a diminished three-storey adjoining return (not part of premises). The right gable is abutted by the adjoining building (HB17/07/016B). Setting: Three storey adjoining terrace to the north and south. The River Bann flows directly adjacent to the rear of the site. The surrounding buildings make up the commercial centre of the town comprising of two and three storey 19th and 20th century buildings. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Render Windows: Timber / uPVC RWG: Cast-iron