Ashfield, 56 Gravehill Road, Maze, Lisburn, County Down, BT27 5RW

A polychromatic two-storey three-bay symmetrical Edwardian farmhouse erected c.1905. Rectangular plan form with a series of abutments. Located immediately to the south of Royal Down Race Course and the end of Gravehill Road, approximately 4 miles east of Moira. Pitched natural slate roofing with clay ridge tiles; replacement slates to rear pitch. Yellow brick chimneys with decorative cornice coursing. Replacement uPVC barge and fascia boards; uPVC rainwater goods. Flemish bonded red-brick walling with yellow brick detailing to quoins and porch. 2/2 timber sliding sash windows with horizontal glazing bars and horns; stone cills; some uPVC replacement windows to the rear and gable elevations. Timber front door; four raised and pointed panels; rectangular fixed light over; cast-iron ironmongery. The principal elevation faces north and is symmetrically arranged. Flat roofed red brick porch abutting the central bay; yellow brick corner pilasters with decorative cornice courses. The north face of the porch has a round-headed arched window with coloured margin panes; front door to the west face. Paired windows flanking either side of the porch with matching diminished openings to first floor level; single centrally-located window over porch. The left gable is rendered and abutted by a single-storey gable-ended, pitched roof extension; paired windows to the north face; blank gable; uPVC windows to the rear with large roof lights to the rear pitch. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged; centrally abutted by a double-height lean-to extension; and a single-storey pitched roof extension to the far right; uPVC windows throughout. Windows to first floor replaced with uPVC; 8/8 timber sliding sash window located at ground floor right hand bay, adjacent to extension. The right gable has a single window opening to the right hand side at first floor level; uPVC replacement. Setting: Bounded to the west by a rendered wall with large squared piers at the entrance of the driveway accessed from the west; gardens to the north and west with various types of mature trees and vegetation. Hedges and fences bounding the north of the site beyond which is a large race course complex. The south and east of the site are historic brick outbuildings and modern agricultural units with open rural landscape beyond. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: Flemish bonded red brick Windows: Timber sliding sash/uPVC replacement RWG: uPVC replacement