17 Arthur Street, Hillsborough, County Down, BT26 6AP

A mid-terrace single-storey with attic, Tudor-style Victorian workers house built c.1850; rectangular in plan form with a two-storey modern extension to the rear. Located off Ballynahinch Street, north of St Malachi’s Parish Church. (HB19/05/001) Pitched natural slate with clay ridge tiles over; dormer window centrally located, cast-iron rain water goods. Replacement brick chimneystack shared with adjoining building with two clay pots. Walling is coursed rubble masonry with red brick surrounds to doors and windows. Sandstone elliptical arched alleyway with long-and-short surrounds. Windows are modern top hung, single glazed, timber casement, painted white with lattice lead applied to face; concrete cill; single-brick flat arch over with, robust half circle cement rendered label moulding; matching label-mould over alleyway. Replacement timber front door. The front elevation faces east and is asymmetrically arranged with the ground floor window on the right of the front door. The arched alley-way, shared with the adjoining dwelling, is located to the left of the front door. The alleyway is a former access to rear yard; now provides secondary access to modern extension. The left elevation forms part of the passageway between the adjoining dwelling, number 19. (HB19/05/050I) The rear elevation is abutted by a two-storey modern extension. The right elevation abuts the adjoining dwelling number 15 (HB19/05/050G) Setting: The buildings forms part of a pair of matching terraces lining the street. The street is accessed by a single entrance of the Ballynahinch Street; the other end of the street closed in by a large rubble masonry wall. An arched opening in the wall has since been infilled. Roofing Natural Slate Walling Coursed Rubble with brick and sandstone surrounds Windows Timber casement RWG Cast-iron