14 Bridge St., Rostrevor, Co.Down

14 Bridge Street, Rostrevor

A two-storey terraced building erected around 1850, architect unknown. It is located on the north-east side of Bridge Street within the Rostrevor Conservation Area, forming part of a terrace of shops with dwellings above that runs between Rostrevor Square to the north-west and a triple-span bridge over the Rostrevor River to the south-east.

The building has a rectangular plan facing south-west with a full-width monopitched single-storey rear return to the north-east, followed by a series of later extensions attached to the rear. It is now divided into two shops: a family butchers shop and delicatessen.

The roof is pitched with fibre cement tiles and black clay ridge tiles. Projecting eaves include cast iron rainwater goods with half-round guttering to the front, discharging to a polygonal hopper and circular-section downpipe.

The principal south-west elevation faces onto the public footpath along Bridge Street. At ground floor are two modern shop fronts. Above, at first floor, are three square-headed timber casement windows with two top-hung night vents over four fixed panes, set in painted lined cement render walling.

The north-west shop front (Curran's) is timber-framed with a two-panelled painted timber door to its south-east side, glazed in the top half, and a single rectangular shop window to the north-west with smaller top-hung night vents. A painted moulded timber signboard has modern uPVC finish.

The south-east shop front (Rooney's) has a painted metal frame, comprising a painted metal glazed double-leaf door to the north-west with square-headed glazed fanlight, and a large rectangular window to the south-east with a plain panel below the cill. The sign and retractable awning are modern additions.

The building is attached on the north-west to No. 12 Bridge Street (former Post Office) and on the south-east to No. 16 Bridge Street.

The rear and north-east elevation comprises a full-width monopitched single-storey rear return to the two-storey original block, with further later extensions attached to the north-east. Curran's shop has an L-plan extension to the north-east of the monopitched rear return, with a corrugated tin outbuilding beyond. Rooney's shop has a long rectangular extension running from the monopitched rear return along the south-east site boundary to the north-east, with monopitched corrugated fibre cement roof, painted sheeted timber walling, and a similar timber door at its north-east end. There is a covered paved yard area and a series of similar timber outbuildings at the north-east end of this extension. The rear yard is laid to lawn and includes a monopitched timber-framed outbuilding with corrugated Perspex roof and Perspex walling. The north-west side of the yard is bounded by a modern block wall topped with wire security fencing.