Roadside House, Crewe Hill, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn, BT28 2PR

A two-storey three-bay vernacular dwelling and outbuilding predating c.1830; possible origins from an earlier single-storey three-unit, hearth lobby type dwelling. Located immediately off the Crewe Hill Road 3miles south east of Glenavy. Pitched natural slate roof; partial asbestos replacement; clay ridge tiles. Rendered brick chimneys. Cast-iron rainwater goods (mostly removed). Heavily eroded lime rendered field stone walling with evidence of brick alterations/additions. Windows blocked up. Timber sheeted front door. The principal elevation faces east and is asymmetrically arranged. The left bay and first floor appears to have been added at a later date. Three ground floor windows with first floor windows over. Far right ground floor window was a former entrance now partially infilled with concrete blocks. Porched entrance with lean-to corrugated roof to the far left. The left gable is abutted by a single storey stable-block; pitched corrugated tin roof; stone walling with upper brick courses; various openings to the east and west face. South facing gable-end is blank. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged; partially obscured by temporary container. Single timber sheeted door to the left. The right gable is blank. Setting: Located directly on a narrow road and largely surrounded by double height agricultural buildings and modern dwellings. Cobbled surface adjacent to the principal elevation. Plant yard to the rear of the building. Views over open rural landscape. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Lime rendered (partially exposed) Windows: N/A RWG: Cast-iron