Hillsborough Private Clinic, Cromlyn House, 2 Main Street, Hillsborough, County Down, BT26 6AE

End of terrace three-bay two-storey over basement rendered former townhouse, built c.1770. U-shaped on plan facing west located at the bottom of Main Street with substantial north side elevation fronting onto the entrance gate screen of St. Malachy's Church (HB19/05/001A). Hipped natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and rolled leaded hip ridges. Two rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots, one to the front pitch and a further stack rising from the rear gable to the north projection. Cast-iron guttering on iron brackets to rendered eaves course and cast-iron downpipes. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling to front and north side elevations with rusticated rendered quoins, rough-cast rendered to rear elevation with rubblestone walling visible to the south side elevation. Square-headed window openings with painted masonry sills and timber sash windows. Symmetrical two-storey over basement front west elevation, five windows wide, over railed basement area. Original 3/3 timber sash windows to the first floor with nineteenth-century 6/6 timber sash windows to the ground floor. Replacement timber sash and timber casement windows to the basement. Round-headed front entrance containing square-headed door opening with replacement double-leaf timber panelled door flanked by rendered pilasters to impost mouldings with moulded surround and keystone above; timber lintel cornice and webbed timber fanlight over. Door opens onto pavement flanked by decorative spear-headed railing on plinth wall, bridging basement area and continuing to entire basement area of both elevations with decorative iron brackets. Two-storey over basement north side elevation, four windows wide, detailed as per front elevation. Symmetrical rear elevation with gabled projection to the north and hipped projection to the south. Irregular fenestration pattern with original and replacement 8/8 timber sash windows, the central recessed bay having original 8/12 timber sash windows to the ground and basement levels. Iron door to the basement level of the north projection opening onto small paved yard enclosed to the north by tall rendered wall with modern steel gates. South side elevation abutted by adjoining building (No.4). Carriage arch opening to the adjoining building reveals rubblestone walling to the south elevation of the south projection with lime mortar. Setting: Corner-sited terminating the north end of a terrace of street-fronted buildings of various types lining the east side of Main Street. The double elevation faces both to Main Street and to the forecourt of the entrance to St. Malachy's Church (HB19/05/001A). Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Ruled and lined render Windows Timber sash