20 Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, County Down, BT26 6AB

A two-storey, two-bay commercial property, built c.1800 originally incorporating numbers 22 and 24 (HB19/05/049B&C); located west of Lisburn Street in Hillsborough town centre. Square on plan with large two-storey modern extension to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with blue/black angled ridge tiles and brick chimneystacks. Cast-iron half-round rainwater goods. Walling is roughcast render with raised smooth rendered quoins to left side at first floor; wooden reproduction timber panelled shop-front to ground floor; modern red-brick and smooth rendered extension to rear. Windows are replacement 6/6 timber-framed sliding sash with smooth rendered surrounds and projecting masonry sills. The principal elevation faces east and is two windows wide to first floor. Shop-front to ground floor comprising replacement half-panelled timber door with small transom light to left; plate glass window to right with vertical dividers and panelled timber plinth; framing door and window are wide panelled pilasters; surmounted by corniced fascia (blank). The south elevation is abutted by adjoining building. The west (rear) elevation is fully abutted by a two-storey modern extension. The north elevation is abutted by adjoining building; HB19/05/49B. Setting: Gravelled car-park and brick paving to rear. Backing onto a lake in the grounds of the Hillsborough Castle Estate, enclosed by an early rubble stone wall. Forming part of an eighteenth-century /early nineteenth-century terrace on the northerly approach into Hillsborough town centre. Roof: Natural slate Walling: Roughcast render Windows: Replacement 6/6 timber-framed sash RWG: Cast-iron