Hill Head, 58 Pottinger Street, Hillhead, Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, BT42 1BP

Hill Head is a detached rendered two-storey house built around 1857, constructed alongside the dying and finishing works as part of the industrial linen buildings along the riverbank. The house is roughly square in plan with a single-storey hipped roof return to the rear west and a single-storey flat-roofed return to the northwest dating from around 1950. A single-storey outhouse building stands to the south, with two further single-storey garden sheds in the rear yard. The house sits within its own grounds at the end of a short drive covered with extensive foliage, positioned on a hill to the northwest of Cullybackey, though the original grounds have been partially developed by modern housing to the south and east.

The front north-eastern elevation faces onto a short lawn and features a timber panelled door flanked by leaded side lights and surmounted by an elliptical-headed leaded fanlight, with later coloured glass to both sidelights and fanlight. The knocker, doorknob and letterbox are later additions. A carved elliptical-headed door canopy supported by timber brackets, Queen Anne revival in style and likely dating from the 1930s or 40s, surmounts the entrance. The windows are six-over-six timber sash frames set on cut-stone sills with carved Art Deco style stone hoods. The upper level features matching timber sash windows.

The side south-eastern elevation faces onto a short overgrown lawn and features a bowed bay to the right of the ground floor and a projecting squared bay to the centre, dating from around 1900-1910. The bowed bay contains seven timber casement windows set on cut-stone sills with leaded lights to the top pane. The projecting squared bay has three lights to the front and one to each side, with timber windows matching those of the bowed bay. Both bays have flat roofs and carved timber fascia. The upper level has six-over-six timber sash windows with carved stone surrounds matching those on the front elevation.

The side north-western elevation has extensive views over the main town and displays six-over-six timber sash windows with unusual Art Deco style carved stone surrounds and cut-stone sills to the main house. The single-storey flat-roofed return has a timber casement window with a concrete sill. The single-storey hipped roof return to the rear has paired twelve-over-one timber sash frames with painted cut-stone sills.

The rear south-western elevation features an assortment of square-headed timber sash windows to the ground floor set on cut-stone sills, while the upper level has one-over-one timber sash frames on cut-stone sills. The main roof is hipped and slated with black ridge tiles, with a double-hipped roof to the rear. Cast-iron downpipes, hoppers and gutters are present throughout. A brick chimney with a dentilled course and profiled stepped capping rises to the right (east) of the roof. External walls are painted dry-dash render with a painted carved stone plinth to the base of the front elevation.

The single-storey hipped return to the south-east has a semi-circular-headed doorway to the right and a square-headed window to the left. The door is timber panelled with rectangular single-light windows to each side and a radial fanlight over. The window features paired twelve-over-one timber sash frames with painted cut-stone sill. The north-western elevation of the return has matching windows. Artificial slate covers the hipped roof. The flat-roofed return has a timber casement window with a concrete sill, with external walls in dry-dash render.

The single-storey outhouse building to the south of the main house is accessed via a timber double gate. Its north-western elevation, facing into the rear yard, has a flat-headed timber doorway to the left, a large square-headed opening to the centre and window openings to the right. External walls are painted render and stone with artificial slate to the roof and replacement uPVC rainwater goods.

The property sits on a rise northwest of the town centre with broken views over the town. A gravelled and grass yard to the rear is accessed via a gated entrance to the south of the main house. The rear yard is bounded by a random rubble stone wall and a timber picket fence.