12 Magheralave Park South, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT28 3NN

An asymmetrical two-storey multi-bay irregular plan form dwelling erected circa 1940. Located at the junction between Magheralave Park South and Magheralave Park North, off Magheralave Road, north of Lisburn city centre.

The building is covered with a hipped natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles and overhanging eaves featuring timber fascia boards and soffits, partially roughcast rendered. Tall rendered plain chimneys with tall terracotta pots rise from the roof. Rainwater goods are cast iron with semi-circular gutters and circular downpipes. The walling is throughout roughcast rendered.

Windows are uPVC replacement double glazed units with rectangular masonry cills. The front door, centrally positioned to the curved north-east corner, is an elliptical-arched timber sheeted design with wrought-iron decorative strap hinges and ironmongery.

The front elevation faces north and is asymmetrically arranged. A single first floor window sits directly above the central front entrance; a diminutive ground floor window is positioned to the left. The left hand side comprises a projected bay with symmetrically arranged corner windows to both ground and first floors.

The east elevation is asymmetrically arranged. The left side features a two-storey projected bay with a ground floor door on its east face and single first floor windows to the north and south faces. To the south of the bay is a recessed ground floor with a single window. The right side has two first floor windows. A single-storey hipped roof garage is positioned at the re-entrant to the projecting bay on the left, with a modern vehicular door to the north face and single window to the east.

The rear elevation of the main block is symmetrically arranged. Two segmental arched door openings are centrally located on the ground floor flanked by two corner windows; uniformly arranged first floor windows sit directly over these ground floor openings. The ground floor is partially abutted by an asymmetrical hipped roofed canopy, partially glazed and largely supported by columns.

The west elevation is asymmetrically arranged, comprising a 1½ storey half-hipped abutment with cat-slide roof to the south face. The north face has a single large ground floor window opening; the south face is blank; the west face comprises two first floor windows and a ground floor window. A single storey hipped-roof extension abuts the right side, with a flat tile roof, door and window to the north face, single window to the south face, and blank west face.

The dwelling is set within secluded grounds largely screened from public view by trees. The site is bounded to the north and west by a timber and masonry wall; the east is bounded by hedgerows. Large gardens to the south contain a well maintained lawn and mature trees. North of the house is a single-storey flat-roofed garage with flanking stepped retaining walls forming part of a small landscaped portion of the entrance yard. The immediate surrounding area is principally suburban, comprising a variety of two-storey dwellings.