27 Benraw Road, Ballyward, Banbridge, Co Down, BT31 9TH

A one-and-a-half-storey three-bay Victorian house built c.1850. Rectangular plan form with breakfront gable central bay. Located on the Benraw Road approximately three miles northwest of Castlewellan. Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles; box-eaves; plain timber barge boards; cast-iron rainwater goods; smooth rendered chimneystcks with moulded cornice; clay pots. Smooth rendered walls. 6/6 timber sliding exposed box sash windows with margin-panes and horns; masonry cills. Four-panelled raised and pointed timber door with bolection mouldings; margin-paned rectangular over light. The principal elevation faces southwest and is symmetrically arranged. Gabled breakfront central bay comprising door flanked by narrow windows; segmental-headed window over. The bays either side comprise a single window. The left gable is asymmetrically arranged. Single ground floor window to the left. Two uniformly arranged first floor windows. The rear elevation is asymmetrically arranged. Timber sheeted rear door located left of centre. Replacement casement picture windows to either side (enlarged to right). Sash window to the far right. Two fixed first floor lights with glazing bars. The right gable is asymmetrically arranged. All windows replacement timber casement. Ground floor window located right of centre. Two uniformly arranged first floor windows. Setting Largely isolated and exposed on the side of a hill with panoramic views over the rural landscape. Partially rendered single-storey rubble masonry outbuildings to the north (under separate ownership). Rubble masonry walls with roughly squared granite block with snecking piers with wrought-iron gates. Small enclosed yard to the rear with associated shed adjoining the rear of the dwelling; of no interest. Garden addressing the front elevation enclosed by rendered walls. Entrance gates removed. Roofing: Natural slate Walling: rendered Windows: Timber RWG: Cast-iron