1A And 1B Portmore Road, Lisburn, Co.Antrim, (Aka Child'S Corner)

A two-storey four-bay former grain store built around 1830, converted around 1890, located on the south side of Portmore Road in Lower Ballinderry. Known locally as Child's Corner, the building is rectangular on plan aligned east-west with a single-storey former house and modern single- and two-storey extensions at the rear built around 1855. A double-height former grain store built around 1830 abuts the complex to the west.

The main building is roofed in pitched natural slate with raised verges and two rendered brick chimney stacks, the west stack being a modern blockwork replacement. Cast-iron u-profile rainwater goods run along the raised eaves, with uPVC guttering to the rear. The walls are painted roughcast render with a smooth rendered painted plinth and various exposed cast-metal wall ties.

Windows are 1/1 timber sliding sashes with exposed boxes and projected painted masonry sills. The principal elevation faces north. The right bay contains the house, with a central replacement timber panelled door and transom light accessed by three masonry steps, and a single window at each side; three equally spaced windows occupy the first floor. The left bay, a former public house, features a central double-leaf timber sheeted door accessed by two masonry steps with replacement timber casement windows at each side and a central 2/2 horizontally divided timber sliding sash window with exposed box at first floor. The east gable contains a single central window opening at first floor level, set lower than the principal elevation.

The rear south elevation is largely obscured by a series of single- and two-storey modern extensions of no architectural interest and a single-storey former house (built around 1820) positioned to the right. The exposed area contains a single window to the left and two windows to the right, the far-right window being a metal casement. The west is abutted by the double-storey former grain store with floor heights and fenestration dating to around 1830. This adjoining grain store has undergone considerable alteration, including replacement roof tiles with modern rooflights, a modern blockwork raised verge, and complete removal of internal structure and detail. The existing first-floor windows remain intact but ground-floor openings have been altered. A single-storey recently refurbished cottage, of no historical interest, extends further west.

An attached single-storey two-bay former house stands to the south, rectangular on plan and aligned north-south, divided into two rooms. It is roofed in natural slate with raised verges and a single rendered brick chimney stack; the rainwater goods have been removed. The walls are rendered rubble stone with brick quoins and window surrounds, though most render is now removed exposing the underlying stone. The stonework indicates the south bay has been altered at its east side. The east elevation contains a painted timber-sheeted half-door with timber lintel at the centre, two boarded window openings to the right, and a single opening to the left. Connection to the two-storey grain store is via a square-headed opening containing a vertically sheeted timber door, aligned with the east gable of the main block. The south gable is blank. A single-storey extension of no interest abuts the west elevation, which otherwise contains a single 6/6 timber sliding sash window to the right, protected by cast-iron vertical bars.

The former grain store sits at the crossroads of Lower Ballinderry, enclosed by a timber fence to the north and east. The north forecourt is tarmac and the garden is accessed at the east through a pedestrian cast-iron gate. The single-storey house to the west is accessed via two circular roughcast rendered piers with painted conical caps supporting a painted cast-iron gate, which may have been the original entrance to this building complex.