8 Ballynafoy Road, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 5BA

Detached asymmetrical four-bay two-storey lime-rendered house, built c.1800, raised and remodelled c.1850. Rectangular on plan, facing east with gabled-ended single-storey rear return and range of single-storey outbuildings abutting the south gable end. Located to the south of Ballynafoy Road, with a front paved yard, enclosed lawns within the grounds of a modern dwelling to the east, built c.1980. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, the slates being smaller to the left bay. Two rendered profiled chimneystacks and replacement plastic rainwater goods. Painted lime-render over rubblestone walling with rough-hewn squared granite quoins to the north gable only. Square-headed window openings with granite sills, exposed sash boxes and early timber sash windows; 6/3 to the first floor, 6/6 to the ground floor. Front east elevation is four windows wide with an off-centre square-headed front entrance having replacement timber glazed door and sidelights with granite sills. Further square-headed door opening to the left with replacement vertically-sheeted timber half-door and rectangular overlight. Gabled south side elevation abutted by linear range of single-storey rendered outbuildings. Rear elevation has randomly placed window openings and is abutted by a gable-ended single-storey rendered return. Various timber sash windows including 4/4, 2/2 and 6/6, all having exposed sash boxes. Pitched natural slate roof to the rear return with a single cement rendered redbrick chimneystack and largely steel casement windows, including a single 2/2 timber sash window to the north elevation and a timber sheeted door to the south elevation. Gabled north side elevation with chimney rising from gable and a single off-centre window opening at each level, as per front elevation. Setting Located on the south side of Ballynafoy Road with its north gable facing the road set in manicured gardens enclosed by rendered walls to the road and accessed via concrete paved drive. The drive opens into a concrete paved front yard enclosed by single-storey range of rendered outbuildings, built c.1900, with pebbledash rendered walls, pitched natural slate roof and vertically-sheeted timber half-doors. House forms part of a modern dwelling to the east, built c.1990. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Lime render Windows: Timber RWG: Plastic