15 Howe Road, Ballykeel, Dromore, County Down, BT25 1ET

A vacant two-bay single-storey hearth-lobby vernacular dwelling, built c.1800 and located on the south side of Howe Road, Ballykeel. Rectangular on plan with projecting porch to front. Pitched overhanging natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles and rough-cast rendered chimneystack having two clay pots. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods to porch only. Walling is painted roughcast render on plinth with smooth-rendered platband to eaves. Windows are a variety of timber-framed sliding sash with projecting masonry sills; timber-framed casements to rear. The principal elevation faces northwest and is set at a lower level than Howe Road. Three openings wide, the elevation is almost symmetrically arranged with windbreak porch to right of centre, having timber-sheeted door with cast-iron latch; left bay is longer and contains a small 6/3 window; right bay has a larger 1/1 window. The northeast gable is blank. The southeast elevation has two six-paned timber casement windows to right of centre; to far right (at a slightly higher level) is a single-paned timber-framed casement window. The southwest gable is blank. Setting: Located on a wooded site opposite Howe Farm (HB19/07/030), surrounded by farmland and enclosed by a wire fence and hedgerow; rubble stone gate piers and early farm-gate to southwest. Bounded to road by low rubble stone verge with barbed wire fence and hedgerow; partial wrought-iron fence attached to wrought-iron piers supporting cast-iron latch gate. Free-standing corrugated metal shed to rear. Roof: Pitched natural slate Walling: Rubble stone Windows: Variety of timber-framed sliding sash and casements RWG: Cast-iron