12 Main Street, Hillsborough, County Down, BT26 6AE

Mid-terrace three-bay two-storey over basement with attic, mid - eighteenth century rendered former house, formerly constituting a single house with neighbouring No.14 (HB19/05/008B). Rectangular on plan facing west with integral carriage arch to the north bay, railed basement area and lean-to two-storey over basement rear accretion. Renovated c.2000 with the rear plot developed as a series of modern terraced townhouses called Church Lane. Natural slate roof, pitched to the south, hipped to the north with sprocketed eaves and flat-roofed felt-covered dormers to the north and rear pitches. Redbrick chimneystack with clay pots to the north end and cast-iron guttering on iron brackets to moulded masonry eaves. Painted pebble-dash rendered walling with rusticated rendered quoins to the north only, smooth rendered to the basement level and rear elevation. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered surrounds, painted masonry sills and 6/6 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Front west elevation is four windows wide with an irregular window to wall ratio having a round-headed door opening to the south bay, an elliptical-headed carriage arch to the north bay at basement level and a walled and railed basement area to the two centre bays. Round-headed door opening with smooth rendered surround, early twentieth-century 6-panelled timber door with brass furniture and original webbed timber fanlight over. Door opens onto three concrete steps flanked by decorative cast-iron railing to the south (belonging to No. 14 HB19/05/008B) and replacement iron railing on painted masonry wall enclosing basement area to the north. Steel grilles to the basement openings. Modern steel gate to the carriage arch with exposed structural timbers to the carriage arch area. North side elevation abutted by adjoining building No. 10. The rear arch to the carriage opening is built in redbrick. Rear elevation abutted by lean-to two-storey over basement accretion with natural slate roof. The rear elevation rises to a flat-roofed dormer almost spanning the entire rear elevation. Replacement timber casement windows to the rear elevation, uPVC to the return, except early 6/3 timber sash window to the north cheek of return. South side elevation abutted by adjoining building No. 14 (HB19/05/008B). Setting: Set on a steeply inclined site to the east of Main Street facing west, formerly a large house together with No. 14. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Pebble-dash render Windows 6/6 Timber sash / timber casement / uPVC