4 Deramore (Derrymore) Terrace, Bessbrook, Co.Armagh

Two-storey, two-bay late-Victorian terraced house built around 1892 by an unknown architect. It forms part of a planned row of ten similar mill workers' dwellings set back from Derrymore Road on the north-east side, each with modest front yards enclosed by dwarf stone walling topped by vertical metal railings.

The building is constructed from random-coursed, rock-faced local Newry Granodiorite stone with stepped red brick dressings to door and window jambs. Rectangular openings for doors and windows are finished with square-headed gauged brickwork. The pitched roof is covered in natural slate with angled black clay ridge tiles and features cast iron half-round guttering to the front (uPVC guttering added to the rear). Two chimneys with rectangular red brick sections (one rebuilt in rustic brick) rise from the north-west and south-east, topped with clay pots. The eaves are flush with separate red and buff brick courses and an alternating red and buff brick corbel course above.

The south-west-facing front elevation is nearly symmetrical with a regular fenestration pattern: two windows on the first floor aligned with two ground-floor openings, all double-hung sliding timber sashes with horns and margin panes. A ground-floor window sits to the north-west of a central painted timber door, which is square-headed with a fanlight above and black iron furniture. A quarry-tile path leads from a cast iron foot gate through the gravelled front yard to the door.

The north-west side is attached to No. 3 Deramore Terrace. The rear (north-east) elevation shows stone walling with casement windows and a two-storey pitched-roof return projecting from the south-east end into an enclosed L-shaped concrete yard. This return has smooth cement render finish with top-opening timber casement windows. A flush painted timber door with glazed top half opens onto concrete steps leading to the raised back door. The boundary is finished with painted smooth cement render and a modern metal foot gate. The south-east side is attached to No. 5 Deramore Terrace.

The rear yard is typically enclosed by random-coursed rubble stone walling opening onto a wide shared access route running north-west to south-east behind the terrace, accessed at both ends. Beyond this access route lies a gravelled back garden with a later rectangular painted corrugated metal outbuilding. The terrace overlooks parkland associated with Derrymore House to the south-west across Derrymore Road, which is lined with stone walling and mature trees.

A two-storey rear return was added around 1994.