19 Main Street, Hillsborough, County Down, BT26 6AE

Mid-terrace three-bay two-storey over basement early-nineteenth-century rendered house, located on the west side of Main Street, Hillsborough. Rectangular on plan facing east with integral carriage arch to north bay and modern return, built c.1990. Pitched artificial slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and pair of modern redbrick chimneystacks with terracotta pots. Cast-iron guttering on iron brackets to rendered projecting eaves course and cast-iron downpipe. Painted ruled and lined rendered walling, rubblestone to rear. Square-headed window openings with painted concrete sills and replacement tripartite timber sash windows. Asymetrical front east elevation, three windows wide with off-centre square-headed door opening having replacement timber panelled door opening onto two concrete steps with rectangular overlight. Three-centred carriage arch opening with pair of original vertically-sheeted timber doors. South side elevation abutted by adjoining building No.21 (HB19/05/023). Two-storey over basement west rear elevation, three windows wide abutted by modern unrendered two-storey concrete block return with a door on the ground floor and a large uPVC window to the first floor. Rubblestone walling with cement pointing and redbrick surrounds to all openings. Widened square-headed window openings with brick relieving arches, concrete lintels, concrete sills and uPVC windows. Elliptical-headed carriage arch opening to north bay formed in redbrick. North side elevation abutted by adjoining building No.17 (HB19/05/021B), with redbrick walling exposed to the carriage arch. Setting: A long rear plot contains a pair of rubblestone outbuildings, the larger of the two is two-storey with a partial natural slate roof having king-post trusses and a gabled loading bay. Forming part of a terrace of various building types on the west side of Main Street in the centre of Hillsborough. Roof Artificial slate Walling Ruled and lined render Windows Replacement tripartite timber sash RWg Cast-iron