Chapel Road, Ballinderry Upper, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT29 4LY

A derelict single-storey three-bay vernacular cottage pre-dating 1830; hearth-lobby plan form with byres under a single roof to either end. Located at the end of an overgrown lane off Chapel Road 1.5 miles NE of Aghalee. Pitched tin roof over vestiges of thatch and unsawn truss. Lime rendered walling, largely weathered exposing rubble masonry. 2/2 timber sliding sash window with horizontal glazing bars; masonry cills. Timber sheeted doors. The principal elevation faces east and is asymmetrically arranged. The windbreak porch is located centrally; two windows to the right (one replacement) and one to the left. Timber sheeted doors to the byres at either end. The right gable is blank. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged with various sized windows to the three central bays. Blocked up doors to the far left and right. Rooflight located to the right of the chimney. Red brick upper courses at eaves level. The right gable is completely deteriorated. Setting: The dwelling is well secluded from public view, located at the end of a short overgrown lane lined with hedge rows; some modern outbuildings located mid-way. To the front are remains of outbuildings and a single-storey lean-to roof outbuilding to the north of the site; corrugated iron barns to the rear. The site is generally bounded by hedgerows and overgrown vegetation, beyond which is open rural landscape. Roofing: Corrugated tin (some thatch remains) Walling: Lime rendered field stone Windows: Timber sliding sash RWG: Cast-iron