35-37 Sentry Box Road, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32

A pair of attached single-storey two-unit vernacular hearth-lobby dwellings pre-dating 1833, joined by central outbuilding and with separate windbreaker porches, one facing west and one facing east. Located on the south side of Sentry Box Road approximately 4 miles southeast of Banbridge. Pitched natural slate roofing with clay ridge tiles and cement skews. Metal half-round rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined render chimneystacks with corbelled upper courses; no pots. Lime-washed rubble masonry walling to the south dwelling and lime render over rubble masonry to the north dwelling. Timber 1/1 sliding-sash windows with horns; exposed sash-boxes; plain reveals and painted concrete cills; unless otherwise stated. Painted timber sheeted doors with masonry plinth blocks to bottom of timber frames; set into projected windbreaker porch with hard-standing; continuous roofing unless otherwise stated. South Dwelling: The principal elevation faces west and is symmetrically arranged. Centrally located projecting wind-breaker porch flanked by single windows to either side. The left gable is blank; abutted by the adjoining dwelling with lower ridge and eaves level (see north dwelling). Asymmetrical rear elevation with single window left of centre. The right gable is blank; roughcast rendered unpainted. North Dwelling: East facing principal elevation symmetrically arranged on inclining site from right to left. Centrally positioned gabled windbreaker porch with plain timber barge boards. Timber sheeted door with spliced repairs. Single 2/2 timber sliding sash windows with vertical glazing bars and horns to either side of the porch; painted masonry cills and partially exposed brick surrounds. The left gable is abutted by a single-bay outbuilding with matching ridge level. The east elevation is set back from the building line of dwelling and comprises a timber sheeted door and horizontal ventilation-hole. Left gable abuts south dwelling. Single storey corrugated iron flat-roofed, cement rendered addition to the west with timber sheeted door and small window opening; of minimal interest. View of the rear elevation is completely obscured by thick vegetation; field evidence suggests there are no existing openings. The right gable is symmetrically arranged with centrally-positioned 2/2 steel framed casement window with vertical glazing bars, concrete cill and plain painted reveals. Date “1932” inscribed into gable apex. Setting: Rural setting screened from view and accessed by a narrow lane. Wrought-iron gate adorned with spear-heads, hung from cast-iron piers. Concrete block, smooth rendered privy with corrugated iron roof east of dwellings. Cattle crusher running parallel to the rear elevation. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Lime wash lime rendered over rubble masonry Windows: Timber sliding sash RWG: Metal