Foley Hill, 16 Ballinderry Road, Aghalee, Craigavon, County Antrim, BT67 0DZ

A symmetrical two-storey three-bay Victorian country dwelling built c.1895 to designs by architects Boyds & Sons. Square plan form with adjoining rear return and single-storey former doctor surgery. Located on an elevated site in a rural setting, approximately 1 mile south of Lower Ballinderry. Hipped natural slate roof with clay ridge and hip tiles; single modern roof light; cast-iron ogee moulded gutters fixed to moulded corbel course at eaves level; cast-iron circular downpipes. Cement rendered chimneys with corbelled upper courses; terracotta pots. Ruled-and-lined smooth rendered walling. 1/1 double-glazed, timber sliding sash windows with horns; large rectangular painted masonry cills; chamfered reveals and head. The former principal door; timber panelled with margin pane glazing bars to upper panel; single raised and fielded lower panel; flanked by side lights with an elliptical-arched fan light over with moulded plaster surrounds. The current front entrance is a projected flat-roofed porch with square-headed opening; modern double-leaf timber panelled door with over light; embraced by uPVC moulded details. The principal elevation faces west and is symmetrically arranged. The front door is centrally located flanked by single window; three first floor windows directly over ground floor openings. Modern masonry/timber conservatory abutting the ground floor. The north elevation is symmetrically arranged with a centrally projected box-bay with tri-partite window. Two first floor windows. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. The right hand side is abutted by a single-storey lean-to roof addition; blank north face with a single timber casement window located left of centre to the east cheek. The right hand side is abutted by a two-storey flat roof return; two diminutive first floor windows to the north cheek; the south cheek has a single first floor window and projected flat-roofed entrance porch at ground floor; the east cheek has a single timber casement window to the right and is further abutted by a single-storey, hipped roofed annex (former surgery) matching in detail to the main building with a modern lean-to abutment to the north cheek. The annex is further abutted by a modern flat-roofed garage. The south elevation is symmetrically arranged with two ground and first floor windows. Setting: The house is largely surrounded by rural landscape with extensive views north towards Portmore Lough. The site is bounded by hedge-rows and trees; gardens to the south, west and north. Immediately west of the house is a converted two-storey rendered outbuilding and enclosed rear yard. The site is accessed directly of the Aghalee Road via cast-iron gates hung from robust rendered square piers with pyramidal coping, curved walls and cattle grid. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Ruled-and-lined render Windows: 1/1 double glazed timber sliding sash RWG: Cast-iron