172 Huntly Road, Milltown, Banbridge, County Down, BT32 3BJ

Small, unusual, split-level ‘two-storey’ house of c.1840-50, built as part of a short terrace of three similar but non-identical dwellings, for employees of the (now demolished) near by mill. The terrace is built into sloping ground to the west side of Huntly Road, set back from the line of a longer terrace to the east. To the immediate W there is a now derelict former schoolhouse, which was latterly used as a hall. All of the houses in the terrace are vacant and in a state of disrepair. The terrace is brick-built, but much of the façade is now covered in plant growth or obscured by bushes. No.72 lies in the middle of the terrace and is one of the two smaller properties [no.74 being the other]. The symmetrical single-storey front elevation faces roughly N. Unlike its neighbours, this house does not have an entrance to the front, merely a window. This window has a six over six hornless timber sash frame, with broad sash box. To the ground floor of the (two-storey) the S elevation there is a doorway to left, with a recent looking flat panel door. To right of this doorway there is a window, as front. To the first floor there is a smller window (three panes over six). The gabled roof is slated and has clay ridge tiles. There is a brick chimneystack to the E end of the ridge (shared with no.70) The rainwater goods are a mixture of original cast-iron and recent replacement PVC-u.