2-4 Manse Road, Derryboye Cross-roads, Derryboy, Crossgar, Co. Down, BT30 9LY

Two storey house and shop at Derryboye Cross-roads, approximately 3 miles north of Crossgar, set at an angle to each other on the west side of the junction. The house, positioned to the north, likely dates from around 1835, though this is not certain. The shop, positioned to the south at an angle to the house, probably began as a single storey outbuilding before being raised to two storeys, possibly in the 1850s or slightly later.

The house (No. 4) has an east-facing front façade that is not quite symmetrical. Slightly left of centre on the ground floor is a panelled door with a plain fanlight and plain rendered surround. To the left of the door is a sash window with Georgian panes (six over six), with a matching window to the right of the doorway and three slightly smaller versions on the first floor. The north gable contains two similar sash windows on the ground floor, a slightly smaller one to the right on the first floor, and an even smaller one at attic level. This gable merges with the short north face of a rear two storey lean-to. The south gable, seen only at a distance, appears to have a modern fixed light window to the left on the ground floor, a sash window matching those on the front to the left on the second floor, and a smaller sash window (two over two) to the right at attic level. The far right of this gable has a short link to the shop, while the left side merges with the short south face of the rear lean-to, which has a modern window at ground level. The rear façade is the west face of the lean-to. Near the centre at ground floor is a modern glazed door, with two square modern windows to the left and a larger modern window to the right. The first floor has two sash windows (two over two) to the left, then a larger window with margin panes and coloured glass, and a sash window to the far right. The house façade is pebbledashed with smooth render surrounds to openings and chamfered quoins to the front. The roof is gabled and covered in natural slate, with a small cast iron skylight close to the ridge at the rear. Red brick chimney stacks serve the gables, with cast iron rainwater goods. A fairly recent-looking snecked rubble wall exists to the east and north of the house. An extensive collection of two and single storey outbuildings stands in the yard to the rear.

The shop and post office (No. 2) sits at an angle to the south of the house, abutting its south-east corner. Close to the centre of its north-facing front façade is a doorway with a glazed door and roller shutter hood over a shouldered surround. To the far left is a window with a modern frame and simple moulded surround. To the right of the doorway is a fairly large shop window with a three-light frame (six panes per light) with segmental heads. A King George VI wall post box is cut into the right corner of the shop window. The first floor has three windows matching those on the ground floor, with a timber-sheeted loft door between the first and second windows. A modern projecting post office sign stands to the right of the loft door. The east and west façades are blank, with the west façade occupied by the link to the house. The rear façade has a single storey lean-to to the right with a sheeted door and boarded-up window to its south face. To the left of this, on the main rear façade, is a dilapidated casement window. The first floor has a small, dilapidated sash window (four over two) to the left and a blocked-up former window opening to the right. The north and east façades of the shop are finished in painted lined render with chamfered quoins and base. The rear is finished in rough cast with plain render to the lean-to. The roof is hipped and covered in natural slate with PVC rainwater goods.

Buildings are shown on this site on the Ordnance Survey map of 1834, though none appear to match the size or orientation of the present structures exactly. Valuation records from 1837 indicate that the group then consisted of a dwelling measuring 41 feet by 28 feet by 19 feet high, a store at 65 by 18½ by 7 feet, and a carhouse at 47 by 16 by 6½ feet. The valuers noted that the house was graded 'A-', indicating a relatively new building constructed within the previous twenty years. This suggests the house may have been built between 1817 and 1837. However, the dimensions given by the valuers do not appear to match those of the present house. The building to the south, now used as a shop and post office, probably began as a single storey structure. On the 1859 Ordnance Survey map it is marked as a post office, which could suggest it had assumed its current two-storey form by that stage. Both buildings formerly belonged to the Lindsay family, who held them from at least 1837 to apparently the early 1900s. The current owner of the shop reports that the property was once a spirit grocers, but was later purchased by Raffrey Presbyterian Church, some of whose congregation wished to suppress the liquor licence.