25 Ballymote Road, Glenavy, County Antrim, BT29 4NS

A single-storey, hearth-lobby, three-bay vernacular dwelling pre-dating 1830. Located at the end of a long lane off the Ballymote Road, north of the Lisburn Road, Approximately 1.5 miles southeast of Glenavy. Pitched corrugated tin roof with timber fascia board; uPVC replacement guttering with cast-iron downpipes. Brick chimney with corbelled upper course. Field stone walling; lime rendered to the principal elevation; red brick upper courses at eaves level. 6/6 and 2/2 (horizontally divided) timber sliding sash windows; stone cills and timber lintels. Ledge-and braced timber sheeted front door. The principal elevation faces west and is asymmetrically arranged. Gabled porch entrance abuts the façade left of centre and comprises and shallow pitched slated roof with decorative timber barge boards; small windows to the left and right cheeks. Single window to the right and two to the left. The left elevation is blank; partially of brick construction. Remains of possible earlier abutting outbuilding; now deteriorated. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged with various sized window openings. A distinct break in the rubble walling suggesting an additional bay. The right gable is blank. Setting: The dwelling has a secluded setting at the end of a long lane comprising right angle corners. View from the public road is obscured by mature trees and vegetation. The immediate grounds to the front are well maintained with open-rural landscape beyond. North of the dwelling is a flat roof garage; adapted from an earlier rubble building; to the south is a small corrugated tin mono-pitch outbuilding. Roofing: Corrugated tin Walling: Rubble/lime rendered Windows: Timber sliding sash RWG: Cast-iron/uPVC replacement