9 Main Street, Hillsborough, County Down, BT26 6AE

Mid-terrace two-storey over basement rendered townhouse, built c.1800, located on the west side of Main Street, Hillsborough. Rectangular on plan facing east with railed basement area, stepped front entrance, carriage arch to south and two-storey former coach-house to rear. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and replacement tiled chimneystack with octagonal clay pots. Replacement metal guttering on iron brackets to rendered eaves course and metal downpipe. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling. Square-headed window openings with painted masonry sills and original 6/6 timber sash windows with cylinder glass and no horns. Front elevation is four windows wide to first floor with ground floor openings directly beneath including central entrance and square-headed coach arch to left side. Elliptical-headed door opening containing original tripartite timber doorcase. Original timber door of six raised and fielded panels flanked by sidelights with interlacing tracery, plain timber lintel and original webbed timber fanlight over. Door opens onto concrete platform and five concrete steps bridging the basement enclosed by decorative spear-headed cast-iron railing embedded into concrete plinth. South elevation abutted by adjoining house No.11 (HB19/05/019). Carriage arch slopes down to present a three-storey rear elevation with a random arrangement of window openings. 10/10 timber sash window to basement and replacement sheeted timber door. Concrete paved rear yard shared with converted former coach-house. North elevation abutted by adjoining house No.7 (HB19/05/017). Setting: Forming part of a terrace of varying house types lining the west side of Main Street, Hillsborough on a sloping site. Two-storey rubblestone former coach-house to rear, built as one of a pair (HB19/05/019), converted for use as a separate dwelling, with original long landscaped garden extending to the west. Roof Natural slate RWG Replacement metal Walling Ruled and lined render Windows Original 6/6 timber sash