160 & 162 Ballygowan Road, Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6EG

Detached 1½-storey lime-washed former farmhouse, built c.1700, now divided into two dwellings. Rectangular on plan, facing east located on the north side of Ballygowan Road, with single-storey converted byre to south gable and single-storey return to rear (No.160). Extensively renovated c.1985, with the upper floor not in use. Pitched natural slate roofs with black clay ridge tiles and three rendered chimneystacks with black pots. Cast-iron guttering on iron brackets to projecting eaves course and cast-iron downpipes. Lime-washed uneven render over rubblestone walling. Square-headed diminutive window openings to the upper floor, camber-headed window openings to the ground floor, all having replacement concrete sills and replacement timber windows with exposed sash boxes, 6-pane side-hung timber casements to the upper floor, 6/6 timber sash windows to the ground floor. Front east elevation, six windows wide, with the cast-iron downpipe corresponding to the division of the house. Camber-headed door openings; No.160 to the northernmost bay, No.162 to the centre of the southern half, both having replacement vertically-sheeted timber doors opening onto concrete steps to the front gravel area. South gable abutted by slightly lower single-storey converted byre with no window openings. Rear elevation abutted by gable-ended single-storey return, covering much of the northern end of the structure (No.160). No windows to the upper storey on this elevation with replacement 6/6 timber sash windows to the ground floor. Some uPVC windows to the return. Vertically-sheeted timber glazed door to the south converted byre. Recessed porch to the rear entrance of return. North gable is blank. Setting Facing east and located on the north side of Ballygowan Road with gravel driveway running south to the road. Some corrugated iron structures to the front with mature trees. Roof Natural slate RWG Cast-iron Walling Lime-washed render Windows Replacement timber sash / casement