Beechlawn School, 3 Dromore Road, Hillsborough, County Down, BT26 6PA

Detached three-storey three-bay over concealed basement rendered former rectory, built c.1760, with central portico and full-height additions to both side elevations. Rectangular on plan facing west set back on the east side of Dromore Road with several two-storey buildings to the south and to the east dating from the 1960s. Now in use as a school. Hipped natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and single replacement chimneystack to the north. Steel guttering on iron brackets to timber fascia on deep overhanging eaves having paired timber brackets below eaves finished with a convex moulding to the facade. Painted pebble dash rendered walling with smooth render (or painted masonry) to all corners and rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings with painted concrete sills and replacement timber sash windows, uPVC to rear. Front west elevation is five windows wide with central prostyle Tuscan Doric portico comprising: two pairs of Tuscan Doric masonry columns resting on stone flagged platform and three steps, supporting plain entablature above. Tripartite painted masonry doorcase comprises square-headed door opening with replacement timber glazed door and pair of plain sidelights with plain masonry surround. North side elevation abutted by four-storey flat-roofed rendered annexe, built c.1960. Four-storey rear elevation is five windows wide with unevenly spaced uPVC windows. South side elevation is abutted by a full-height flat-roofed projection and a lean-to wing to the basement. Pebble dash rendered walling with uPVC windows. Setting Set back on the east side of Dromore Road on its own substantial site with large bitmac car park to the front, bitmac playground to the rear and two ranges of single and two-storey school buildings dating from the 1960s. Site enclosed to the road by rubblestone wall and splayed concrete walls to pair of steel gates on concrete piers. Roof Natural slate RWG Metal Walling Pebble dash render Windows Replacement timber sash / uPVC