40 BRONTE ROAD, BALLYNASKEAGH, Banbridge, CO.DOWN

A split level two-bay vernacular house, predating 1833, one-and-a half storeys to left and single storey to right, located on the north side of Bronte Road, adjacent to No.41 (HB17/08/019A), with which it shares associations with the Brontë family. Rectangular plan. Pitched roofs, corrugated metal to right bay, slated to left, plain brick chimneystacks to gables. No rainwater goods. Walling is rubble stone, with vestiges of limewashed roughcast render. Heavily covered by vegetation to road-facing elevation. Windows are metal-framed casements in plain reveals. Principal elevation faces south-east. Windbreak entrance porch to right side of right bay, having timber sheeted door, with window to its left. The right bay has a window to each floor (diminished to attic). South-west gable has a window to ground floor left and an attic window to right; it supports a fence at extreme right. Rear elevation is blank with the exception of a door covered by metal sheeting at left side. North-east gable is blank. Setting The house opens directly onto a rural country road, and is set on an incline. To north-east is a modern farmyard, and, at a higher level, No.41 Bronte Road (HB17/08/019A) with its associated outbuilding. Marshy grassland to rear. Roof: Slate & corrugated metal Walling: stone Windows: Metal RWG: None