7-17 Lambeg Road, Lambeg, Lisburn, Co Down, BT27 4QA

A mixed terrace of six houses dating from the 1860s to 1870s, situated on the north side of Lambeg Road just west of the centre of Lambeg village.

The terrace comprises two distinct sections. Nos.7-13 are two-storey properties built as a matching group, probably dating from the 1870s. They were originally designed with a picturesque polychrome brick finish and shaped bargeboards in a 'railway cottage' style, though all are now rendered in dry dash with modern window frames and rear extensions. The front elevation is asymmetrical, with each pair of houses sharing a large two-storey gabled bay. No.7 has an entrance to the left of the ground floor with a small single-pane window above it on the first floor, and half of the shared gabled bay to the right, which contains a ground-floor window and a first-floor window, both with segmental heads. No.9 repeats this arrangement in reverse without the small upper window. No.11 is identical to no.7 but features a recent gabled hood over the doorway. No.13 mirrors no.9 but includes the small window and a gabled hood like no.11. The west gable of no.7 is in red brick with a first-floor window and cream brick dressings. The rear elevations show large return extensions: no.7's return is in red brick and gabled; no.13's is single-storey and flat-roofed; nos.9 and 11 share a very large gabled return. Each property has a single first-floor window within a gabled half-dormer on the rear façade outside the returns. Nos.9 and 11 have large modern patio doors at ground-floor level; no.13's ground floor is largely covered by its extension; no.7 has a large modern window. The rear elevation is rendered and painted except for no.7's return extension, which is brick. Two shared red brick chimney stacks rise from the roof, which features an overhang with shaped bargeboards and finials, largely covered in artificial slate with a Velux window to the front of no.9.

Nos.15-17 are single-storey with attics, possibly slightly older (perhaps 1860s) and originally plainer in design. They sit forward of the line of nos.7-13. No.15 has a large front elevation with a central timber-sheeted stable door with a small glazed panel, a large modern picture window to the left, and another to the right. No.17 has a doorway to the right and a large picture window to the left with ornamental 'shutters'. Both front façades are rough-cast rendered with in-out quoins; no.17 has dressings. The west gable of no.15 is also rough-cast rendered with a ground-floor window and a centrally placed attic window, both with modern frames. The east gable of no.17 has a shallow lean-to with a small modern window at ground-floor level. The exposed upper portion of this gable is in brick with a centrally placed attic window with painted-on dressings. A tall rubble and painted brick square pier is attached to the left of this gable, appearing to have once functioned as a gate post. A single-storey flat-roofed return with two small windowed openings and a door is evident to the rear of no.17. Both no.15 and no.17 have slated gabled roofs with overhangs and shaped bargeboards, each with a small rear Velux window and a single red brick chimney stack. Both sections have mainly PVC rainwater goods.

All properties have undergone substantial alteration, including modern window frames, extensions, and rendering. The 1859 Lambeg valuation plan shows the site was vacant at that date, but the terrace appears on the revised Ordnance Survey plan of 1903. The 1903 plan indicates that nos.7-13 already had returns at that stage, though these may originally have been single-storey. The group has limited architectural and historic interest.