81 Castlewellan Road, Banbridge, Co Down, BT32 4JD

A two-storey five-bay house predating 1833 largely altered c.1870. Rectangular plan form with porch, double-height canted bays, rear return and side extension. Located to the south side of Castlewellan Road to the east of Banbridge town centre; west of the A1. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; extruded metal ogee moulded rainwater goods; smooth rendered chimneystacks with heavy moulded cornicing; tall moulded octagonal clay pots. Smooth rendered walling with raised long-and-short quoins. 2/2 timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars; horns; masonry cills. Modern timber framed door with three glazed upper panels. The principal elevation faces south and is symmetrically arranged. Centrally positioned single-storey flat-roof porch with decorative metal parapet; door to the left cheek; tripartite window to the front; window to the right cheek. The porch is flanked either side by a single window with three first floor windows directly over. The far left and right bays comprise two-storey canted bays with moulded apron panels; hipped roofs terminated with clay finials. The left gable is blank. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged around a central two-storey return. uPVC replacement windows throughout. Left of the return is a single ground floor and two first floor windows. Three first floor windows right of the return with a single ground floor window adjacent to lean-to extension. (view obscured.) The gable-ended return comprises two ground floor gable windows; the left cheek comprises door left with single ground floor window to the right, two first floor windows. The right cheek has two first floor windows, ground floor abutted by lean-to roof extension (view obscured.) The right gable is abutted by a subservient two-storey gabled extension; the south elevation comprises a wall-headed dormer over an abutting single-storey modern timber framed conservatory; the gable has a single window adjacent to an abutting single-storey pitched roof store set perpendicular to extension which adjoins an outbuilding; the north elevation comprises a door and single window. Setting The house is prominently located when viewed from the A1, partially screened from by trees bounding to the north. Access is via a modern gated entrance; straight driveway approach to the dwelling; garden to the left and wooded area to the right. West of the house is the remains of part of the former walled garden which now occupies the space for the horse paddock to the south. To the east is a single-storey outbuilding with chimney adjoining the dwelling; rough cast rendered with replacement windows and roofing. Beyond the concrete yard is a further two-storey rubble masonry stable block with brick dressings to openings; significantly altered with new openings; replacement windows; new roofing. Roofing : Natural slate Walling: Smooth render Windows: Timber sliding sash/uPVC casement RWG: Replacement metal.