62 Scotch Street, Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 6AN

62 Scotch Street, Downpatrick

This is a large three and two storey late Georgian terrace townhouse located on the north side of Scotch Street, to the northeast of Downpatrick town centre. The main three storey section probably dates from the late 1700s, with a two storey section added around 1840.

The south-facing front facade is asymmetrical. To the right of centre, a short flight of steps leads up to a recent six panel door flanked by three-quarter fluted Doric columns with plain abacus supporting a projecting canopy. The semicircular fanlight above has lost its astragals. To the left of the doorway are two sash windows with horizontal astragals (2/2) and vermiculated quoins. To the right, partly within the two storey section, are four similar windows. The first floor of the three storey section has four windows matching the ground floor but without quoins. The second floor has four more windows similar to the first floor but with modern frames. The first floor of the two storey section has three windows set at a slightly higher level than those of the main section.

The ground floor section of the front facade is finished in V-jointed lined render with heavy vermiculated in-out dressings and voussoirs to door and window openings, likely dating from around 1840. The wall surface above (first and second floors) is random rubble construction with brick dressings to all windows. A short parapet tops the three storey section. The entire facade is painted dark brown, almost chocolate in colour.

At the rear, there is a large two storey gabled return with a blank north gable. The east face has a stone stair to the left side with a door opening of low head cut beneath it. To the right of the stair are three windows of irregular size and spacing, all with modern timber frames. The first floor has a door at the head of the steps, its head raised to cut through eaves level. A gabled half dormer with modern window frame is to the left, with a small modern-framed window to the far right. The second floor has one sash window with Georgian panes (6/6). The rear facade is finished in roughcast render, except the north face of the large return which is random rubble.

To the left of the north face of the two storey section is a small two storey lean-to return with roof merging into the main roof. Its ground floor has a large flat arch vehicle doorway with timber sheeted double door and a small PVC-framed window. The first floor has an 8/8 sash window to the right. The main rear wall has an 8/8 sash window to the ground floor on the right, with a small 4/2 sash window to the left of the first floor. At an intermediate level on the right is a semicircular headed sash window with plain sash frame.

All roof sections are slated. There are three brick chimney stacks to the main roof (two to the three storey section, one to the two storey section), and two chimney stacks to the two storey return at the rear—a short brick one to the gable and a much taller rendered one further south. Rainwater goods are a mixture of cast iron and PVC.

Small raised gardens either side of the front door are contained by low plain retaining walls with modern cope stones. The railings to the gardens were removed during the Second World War.