86 Saul Street (Betsy's Terrace), Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 6NQ

Three storey terrace house of circa 1820, one of a block of five originally identical dwellings. Due to the steep rise in ground level, the houses present as two storey to the front. The house occupies the south-west end of the block and, like its neighbours, is set on the squint. The terrace stands on the north-west side of Saul Street, north-east of Downpatrick town centre, with the front façade facing south-east.

The front façade is finished in lined render and painted. The ground floor features a modern partly glazed door with an almost semicircular fanlight bearing relatively recent spoke tracery. To the right is a sash window with Georgian panes in a 6/6 configuration. The first floor contains two similar sash windows. The south-west gable is line rendered but unpainted and contains no openings.

At ground (basement) level, the façade of the main house has a window with modern frame to the left. Similar windows are positioned on the floor above and the next floor above that. To the right is another window with modern frame set at stair half-landing level. The rear façade of the main house is covered in unpainted lined render.

To the right at the rear is a large two storey gabled return, which is not original, featuring modern windows and door. This return is dry dashed. The gabled roof is slated and carries a concrete brick chimney stack and a rendered stack to the south-west, the latter being a dummy. A Velux window lights the rear. Cast iron and PVC rainwater goods are present. A low rendered wall to the front has been rebuilt in recent years.

The short terrace is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1834 and may date from circa 1820. Locally, the name 'Betsy's Terrace' is said to refer to Betsy Gray, associated with the 1798 Rising, though one unverified theory suggests she came from Downpatrick. Whether she had any connection with this area of Saul Street remains unknown. Should any such connection exist, it might suggest the houses date from the late 18th rather than early 19th century, though this seems unlikely.