Farmhouse, 39 Crewe Road, Crew, Glenavy, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT29 4NG

A symmetrical two-bay, two-storey vernacular house, built c.1830, located to the south of Crewe Road, Glenavy. Rectangular-on-plan with single-storey lean-to extension at south; single-storey outbuildings attched to each gable. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles, two rectanglar smooth rendered brick corbelled chimneystacks with no pots, half-round uPVC replacement rainwater goods supported on existing cast-iron brackets. Walling is roughcast lime rendered, rubble stone largely exposed at north. Windows to principal elevation are 2/2 horizontally divided timber sliding contained within square-headed opening with painted reveals and painted projecting masonry sills. Combination of timber sliding sash and metal casement at rear. Doors are ledged and braced timber sheeted. Principal elevation faces south and is two-bays wide; ground floor having central wind-break porch containing sqaure headed timber sheeted door with transom light and corrugated metal pitched roof. Entrance is flanked by single window at each side; three equally spaced windows at first floor. West gable is abutted by single-storey outbuildings with corrugated metal pitched roof and series of timber sheeted and currugated metal doors. Rear elevation is abutted at centre by single-storey lean-to extension, flanked at left by nine-pane metal casement window at ground floor and 2/2 timber sliding sash at first floor; area to west of single-storey extension could not be accessed. Single-storey extension east cheek contains timber sheeted door at left and eight-pane metal casement window at right. East gable is abutted by single-storey extension with corrugated metal pitched roof and timber sheeted door at south. Setting: Set in a rural location with perpendicular replacement dwelling and east-west aligned outbuildings located at south. Accessed by gravel laneway from the Crewe Road at east via decorative cast-iron gates supported on roughcast rendered piers with painted pyramidal caps. Roof: Pitched natural slate Walling: Roughcast lime render Windows: 2/2 horizontally divided timber sliding sashes RWG: Half-round uPVC replacement