Orient House, 142 Upper Road, Greenisland, Co Antrim, BT38 8RL

Two storey rendered Edwardian house with eclectic mix of styles with Tudor details and castellations, including a belvedere tower. The house is set in mature grounds on the Upper Road, Greenisland with the Co Antrim war memorial on Knockagh mountain behind. The front elevatiion which faces SE is symmetrical about a central three storey castellated tower. The ground floor of the tower has a 5 panelled scumbled door with Tudor arched overlight and side lights. The door opening has a hood moulding with moulded faces as stop ends. On the two floors above are six-light rectangular windows with solid mullions and transom, again surmounted with a hood moulding. To either side of the tower are semi-circular 2 storey bays with three 1/1 timber sliding sash windows on each floor. The entire front and side elevations are castellated. Side elevation to SW has a two storey bay as front, but with a continuous heavy moulding carrying an ogee CI guttering. This moulding was removed from the front bays during repairs. A rendered chimney stack arises from the castellations to the right of the bay. Side elevation to NE. Flush rendered wall of main house has two SS timber windows on each floor. The rear return has a 2/2 SS window on each floor. Chimney as SW. Rear elevation to NW has a 2 storey lined rendered return to the left with a simple flat roof. A previous parapet was removed. The original garage is to the left and has timber sheeted doors. To the right is a single storey enclosed yard and further to the right is a relatively modern lean-to conservatory. To the right of the conservatiory are the remains of the tiled floor of the original conservatory that was damaged and removed after a storm. At the rear is a large walled garden enclosed with a red clay brick wall. The SE wall has 2 rendered simply detailed stores, and a more elaborate garage with integral veranda. The garage has a double pitched natural slate roof with decorated barge boards to the NW and a castellated gable to the SW matching the main house. This is surmounted by a CI weather vane. In front of this is the open fronted veranda. It has a glazed mono pitch roof, partially glazed side walls. The front has ornate CI spandril brackets supported on timber posts. The front boundary wall to Upper Road is contructed of reconstituted stone and is a late twentieth century addition as part of a road widening scheme. To the East is a narrow lane that gives acccess to the rear of Orient House through simple rendered gate posts and to two other properties.