Gilford Library, 37 Mill Street, Gilford, Co Down, BT63 6HY

A four-bay three storey over basement Victorian house built c.1834. Rectangular plan form with a single-storey rear return. Set back off the main street, located centrally in the village of Gilford; adjacent to the junction of Castle Hill, Mill Street and Dunbarton Street. Pitched replacement clay pantile roof with clay ridge tiles; slates and copings removed post first survey (1977). Replacement extruded metal rainwater goods throughout. Replacement chimneys with modern brick; central chimney removed. Brick walling laid to Flemish bond; raised granite long-and-short quoins. Partial rubble masonry to the gable ends with some modern block infill. Cement roughcast render to the rear and rear return. 6/6 timber sliding sash with no horns to the ground and first floor; 3/6 to the second floor; painted masonry cills throughout; cambered 1½ brick arches over. The front entrance comprises a modern flat roofed porch with modern timber panelled door with replica glazing and pebble dashed walling. The principal elevation faces north east and has a symmetrical arrangement to the upper floors; asymmetrical modern porch and projecting bay abutting the ground floor. The covered porch encompasses a replacement entrance door left of centre and the original two windows to the right have been removed, being replaced by a single storey flat roofed projecting bay comprising four number twelve pane windows to front elevation separated by thick mullions and a single twelve pane window to each cheek. Left ground floor window remains in-situ. Solid pattress plate located centrally between first and second floor. The left (south-east) gable is asymmetrically arranged with a single window to the left at ground floor and a 3/6 sliding sash first floor window directly over. Significant levels of repair and alteration to the masonry and brick work. Signs of rebuilding from eaves level up. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Replacement casement window right of centre on the second floor. Diminutive first floor replacement window adjacent to pattress plate. Single storey gable ended rear return over basement; pantile roof; two casement windows to the southeast cheek; two sliding sash windows to the southwest cheek over services access; blank gable abutted by a small profiled metal roofed lean-to to left . The southwest gable is asymmetrically arranged. Two replacement casement basement windows. Single ground, first and second floor sliding sash windows to the right, that to second floor is 3/6. Rubble masonry wall abutting the left. Setting: The building is set back from the line of buildings adjacent. A small garden with trees to the front, accessed via and modern galvanised gated entrance with matching railings. Bus shelter located on the footpath across the front elevation. The rear is encompassed by yards belonging to the adjacent buildings. Roofing: Replacement pantile/felt/profiled metal Walling: Brick Windows: Timber RWG: Replacement extruded metal/uPVC