17 Main Street, (including 1 The Entry), Castlederg, Co Tyrone, BT81 7AS

Three-bay two-storey former terrace house , now shop store, built c. 1870, located to the west side of Main Street, Castlederg. Rectangular-on-plan facing east with two-storey return to west. Roof is pitched natural slated, blue/black clay ridge tiles; cast-iron ogee profile rainwater goods supported on flush timber eaves board. Walls are roughcast rendered; principal (east) elevation is ruled-and-lined rendered. Windows are 4/4 timber sliding-sashes with projecting masonry cills unless otherwise stated. Principal elevation faces east; ground floor contains three square headed openings (that to centre diminished in width) containing replacement single-pane glazed windows surmounted by modern signage; two windows at first floor. South gable is abutted by No.15 Main Street. West elevation at right is abutted by two-storey return (No.1 The Entry) detailed as main block; exposed section at left is blank. North gable has projecting pier at left supporting timber-sheeted gates enclosing yard at west; exposed section at right contains multi-pane metal casement at right; replacement timber casement window at first floor. Return south elevation is accessed at north via central vertically sheeted timber doors flanked by multi-pane metal casements with margin lights at each side; double leaf vertically sheeted timber loft doors at centre at first floor; nine-pane metal casement at right. West gable is abutted by range of earlier small-scale vernacular in style outbuildings, known as ‘The Entry’ (HB10/02/017C). South elevation is abutted by adjoining building, No.15 Main Street. The shop store is located at the street front and enclosed at north by timber sheeted fence; yard at west contains a series of single- and two-storey outbuildings of varying age; the rear return is adjoined at west by a series of small-scale vernacular in style outbuildings, known as ‘The Entry’ (HB10/02/017C) and built c. 1840; further connected to ‘the entry’ is a series of attached outbuildings arranged around a courtyard; the north-south aligned block is one of the earliest on the site built c. 1820, at the same time as the house (HB10/02/017A) and prior to ‘the entry’ (HB10/02/017C). Roof Hipped Natural Slate Walling Ruled-and-lined rendered to east; remainder roughcast Windows partly 4/4 timber sliding-sashes with projecting masonry cills RWG Cast-iron ogee profile