38 Hill Street, Newry, Co Down, BT34 1AR

Left one of a pair of four storey (+ attic) classical Georgian houses set in a terrace on west side of Hill Street. Pitched natural slate with cement rendered chimney on each gable; that at right is shared with adjoining property (HB16/28/034B). There are two cast iron skylights on front pitch. Cyma recta cast iron rainwater goods. Walls of street facade rendered with faintly lined cement with projecting granite eaves course. Main entrance at ground floor left is up two granite steps from street. There is a double leaf timber door with six raised and fielded panels and semicircular wrought iron fanlight. Door and fanlight are set within a semicircular headed opening. There are two top hung 1/1 plastic windows to right of door at ground floor. These both have moulded cement architraves and cement rendered cills. At first, second and third floors are three equally spaced plastic windows, all in line with ground floor openings. Ground and second floor windows are the same height, whereas first floor windows are larger and third floor ones are diminished in height. There are granite cills to windows on second and third floors, those on first floor are cement rendered. Wrought iron railings with cast iron urn topped posts, over a low chamfered granite plinth enclose steps and basement area (now infilled) to street. Right gable is party wall with property to right. Left gable abutted by lower three storey building, the exposed section is cement rendered without openings. Rear elevation The wall to the rear is cement rendered and has a single storey return abutting to centre and right. All the windows are 1/1 uPVC unless otherwise stated. At ground floor left is a single window. There are two windows to left and centre of each upper floor. To right bay is a single semicircular headed window to ground floor to first floor half landing, there is similar to the two half landings above. The also form escape windows onto a large metal platform shared with no.40. Rear return has a pitched natural slate roof with a tall red brick chimney rising from ridge, parallel to rear elevation of house. There are modern skylights to each pitch. Rainwater goods are plastic on bargeboards. Walls are smooth rendered. There are no openings in right cheek and there are two windows to rear gable. Both are 2/2 sliding sashes with stepped brick quoins and head. Left cheek has two four panelled doors, two 2/2 sliding sashes and two 1/1 sliding sashes, all with brick dressings.