40 Tullykin Road, Tullykin, Killyleagh, Co Down, BT30 9TW

40 Tullykin Road, Tullykin, Killyleagh, Co Down

A single storey vernacular house dating from around the 1820s, substantially extended in the 1980s in an organic fashion to link it with an adjacent one and a half storey former outbuilding. The property occupies the east side of Tullykin Road, approximately three miles south-west of Killyleagh.

The original house forms the southern element of the composition, with its asymmetrical front façade facing west. The main entrance, positioned left of centre, comprises a panelled and glazed door with a margined paned fanlight. To its left stands a sash window with Georgian panes (6/6), with two similar windows positioned to the right of the doorway. The south gable features a very small sash window at attic level, whilst the north gable contains a comparable window. A glazed linking corridor bridges the gap between the original house and the former outbuilding to the north, itself extending from a very large lean-to extension added to the rear of the original house, whose roof rises above the eaves of the original structure.

The east façade of the extension displays three sash windows, the first and second having 4/4 panes and the third 1/1. To the right of these, the extension projects to form the rear of the linking corridor. This projecting section contains a four pane window to the left and a very large glazed section incorporating a glazed door to the right. Beyond this, the façade turns inward in chamfered fashion, with two very small single pane windows to this section. The rear of the original outbuilding follows, positioned where the ground level drops, creating a one and a half to two storey element with a modern four pane window to the first floor and one to the ground floor. Adjacent stands another former outbuilding, set further back and single storey in height, featuring a small six pane window with modern frame and a projecting chimney breast. A low single storey shed abuts to the right.

The exposed north gable of the one and a half to two storey section has a partly glazed door with a small four pane window at upper level. The front façade of the outbuildings section features two French door-like windows, with a large lean-to conservatory projecting to the right, partly attached to both the single storey and one and a half to two storey sections. Above the lean-to, the latter section displays a broad modern window, with a further modern window to the right of the conservatory. The exposed south gable of this section contains modern windows at ground and upper levels. A small stable occupies the north gable of the north single storey section.

The entire façade is rendered and painted, with the roof covered in natural slate, showing overhang in places. Six rendered chimney stacks are present. Seven Velux windows punctuate the rear elevation, with two further Velux windows serving the conservatory.