Harty House, 25 Ballynahinch Street, Hillsborough, County Antrim, BT26 6AW

Attached asymmetrical two-storey stucco street-fronted house, built c.1820. Rectangular on plan facing north with two-storey return, located on the south side of Ballynahinch Street, Hillsborough. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and rendered chimneystack rising from either gable end with terracotta pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling with rusticated render quoins and smooth rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with moulded architrave surrounds and keyblocks (to ground floor only), painted masonry sills and early twentieth-century 6/6 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Front elevation is asymmetrical, four windows wide with round-headed door opening having replacement hardwood panelled door, architrave surround broken by keystone and replacement semi-circular fanlight. Door flanked by plain pilasters and pair of oversized scrolled foliate console brackets supporting large cornice and canopy. Ceramic Blue Plaque to wall states: 'Sir/ Hamilton/Harty/ 1879-1941/ Musician and/ Composer/ Lived here' East gable is blank and abutted by decorative iron pedestrian gate supported on tall render pier with screen wall to side garden. Rear elevation not viewed. West gable has a single window opening to the first floor with glass bricks. No.23 Ballynahinch Street (HB19/05/050L) abuts the back section of this gable. Setting: Located on the south side of Ballynahinch Street to the east of Arthur Street. Modern decorative steel gates to the east give vehicular access to the rear and to the neighbouring modern house No.27. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Ruled and lined render Windows Replacement 6/6 timber sash