Moravian Manse, Ballinderry Moravian Church, Portmore Road, Lower Ballinderry, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT28 2BF

Symmetrical double height roughcast rendered former manse, built c.1835, located to the north side of Portmore Road, Lower Ballinderry. Rectangular on plan aligned north-south with attached two-storey Moravian church at south (HB19/01/032A). Roof is pitched natural slate with two roughcast rendered, corbelled chimneystacks each with four decorative pots and bell-cote at south gable (south chimney is located on the party wall with church, HB19/01/032A). Rainwater goods are replacement metal on corbelled rendered eaves. Walling is roughcast rendered; windows are timber framed 6/6 sliding sashes set in cambered opening with painted projecting masonry sills. Doors are replacement timber panelled with replacement transom light. Principal elevation faces west and contains a central replacement timber door set in cambered opening, surmounted by replacement transom light and wall fixed lantern; accessed by single stone step. Entrance is flanked by a single window at each side; three equally spaced windows at first floor. North gable contains replacement entrance door off centre at left and small central timber casement window at first floor. East elevation contains at ground floor, a replacement casement window at centre flanked by second replacement window at right and replacement timber door at left (this is likely to have been a former window opening which would have maintained the symmetry used throughout the remainder of the building). South gable is abutted by double height Moravian Church of similar height (HB19/01/032A). Setting: The house is set on a narrow site which lies perpendicular to Portmore Road, Lower Ballinderry. The graveyard is located to the east side of the former manse, separated by a narrow gravel pathway and rubble stone wall and hedging. The former manse and church can be accessed at east from Crumlin Road or from church entrance at south which comprises central wrought iron vehicular gate supported on square roughcast rendered piers with stone pyramidal caps flanked by plinth wall and diminished pier in similar style supporting replacement painted metal railings. Roof: Pitched natural slate Walling: Painted roughcast render Windows: Timber framed 6/6 sliding sashes RWG: Replacement metal