21 Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, Co Down BT26 6AB

A two-storey single-bay mid-terraced former dwelling, built c.1740, located on the east side of Lisburn Street, Hillsborough, now in commercial use as a café. Rectangular on plan, with single-storey lean-to addition to rear. ROOF - Pitched slate roof - artificial slate to front (W) and natural slate to rear (E), having angled clay ridge tiles and tiled skew over south party wall, which rises to a replacement red brick chimneystack. Gutters are half-round metal on brick eaves. WEST ELEVATION - The principal elevation faces west and has door offset to left side, with windows aligned to the right. Walling is unrendered random rubble stone with cementitious strap pointing. Timber sliding sashes windows; 6/6 with horns to ground floor, 6/3 to first floor, over painted masonry cills. All openings are formed in brick with smooth cement reveals. Entrance door is T&G sheeted timber replacement with original overlight split into three panes, having granite plinth blocks to either side of threshold step, and brick relieving arch over. NORTH & SOUTH ELEVATIONS - Both gables are fully abutted by adjoining terraced houses. EAST ELEVATION - The rear (E) elevation is more informal; smooth rendered and painted single storey lean-to abutment with natural slate roof to right side, partially concealing a painted brick relieving arch which spans almost the full width of the elevation; the rear is accessed via a later pair of fully-glazed timber-framed doors beneath this arch. Walling is random rubble bedded in lime mortar above the lean-to and the exposed ground floor section of the rear elevation is painted and rendered. First floor is lit by a 3/3 fixed pane window inset with a single pivoting panel, and a pivoting eight-light window set into a larger opening (pre-dating the lean-to and with the former window frame evident within later cement in-fill); both windows are set flush with the external wall and have timber cills. There is a t&g sheeted door to the south cheek of the lean-to, and a 6/3 exposed box horned sash to its east face. SETTING - Fronting directly onto the street, onto the main access road to Hillsborough town from the north and within the Hillsborough Conservation Area. To rear is a long narrow plot, with paving and a grass area to rear, used for café seating. The plot is bounded to rear by original rubble stone and brick walls onto the former Wapping Lane. MATERIALS - Roof: Artificial slate (W) / Natural slate (E) & return RWG: Metal Walling: Exposed rubble stone with red brick dressings Windows: Timber sliding sash (W & return) / Metal & timber casement (E)