Thornfield, 11 Magheralave Road, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT28 3BE

A 1 ½ -storey three-bay symmetrical Victorian villa built c.1880. L-shaped plan form with extensive additions to the rear. Located approximately 1mile north of Lisburn town centre, opposite the entrance to Friends School. Half-hipped natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles and finials; leaded hips. Timber fascia and barge boards with timber ties to gable ends; timber sheeted soffits with moulded eaves brackets. Cast-iron rainwater goods; semi-circular gutters with circular down pipes. Smooth rendered chimneys with moulded cornice and clay pots. Smooth rendered walling with projected moulded plinth; smooth banding. 1/1 timber sliding sash with horns; segmental arched ground floor windows; round headed arched first floor windows; both complemented with stucco moulded surrounds and central key-blocks. 6-panelled timber front door with bolection mouldings and brass ironmongery; fixed light over; round-headed arched opening with stucco moulded surrounds; key block extended into secondary arched mouldings creating spandrels with drop finials. The principal elevation faces south and is symmetrically arranged. Central projecting gabled ended bay with front door at ground floor level with paired narrow windows at first floor level; diminished windows to the ground floor cheeks comprising rolled and coloured glass with margin panes. Bays either side comprise single ground floor window with wall-head half-hipped dormer over. The left elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Single-storey canted bay to the ground floor right with single window to the left; two first floor windows over. The rear elevation is principally abutted by two extended 1½ –storey returns to the centre and right. Each return is of the general style and proportion of the main house with slight variations to the windows. The east cheek of the return is a continuation of the east elevation of the main building and comprises two large square-headed ground floor windows with wall-head dormers over. The returns are further abutted by a recessed single-storey extension adjoining a further 1 ½ storey garage with accommodation over. The right elevation is symmetrically arranged with a central ground floor hipped roof canted bay with two first floor windows matching the left elevation. Single diminished square-headed window right of canted bay. Setting: The house set back from the road, screened from public view by large mature trees to the east. The driveway is accessed through a gated entrance with stucco moulded piers and railings. The general surrounding is a suburban context comprising similarly sized two-storey dwellings, most of which were erected at a later period. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Smooth render Windows: Timber sliding sash RWG: Cast-iron