Cluntagh Cottage, 59 Killyleagh Road, Cluntagh, Crossgar, Co Down, BT30 9BN

Single storey hipped roof house of possible mid 19th century construction, with large two storey which assumed its present form in 1927, but may have been built around an original, pre 1834 single storey dwelling. The property is set to the S of Killyleagh Road c.1.5 miles E of Crossgar. The front façade faces E and is symmetrical. To the centre is a panelled door with three pane sidelights and elliptical arched fanlight with ‘radial’ / ‘spider web’ tracery. The doorway has a moulded surround with keystone and similar side blocks. To the left and to the right of the doorway are two sash windows (i.e. four in all), with Georgian panes (6/6), and surrounds as the doorway. The front façade is finished in lined render with a bevelled base. The S elevation is made up of the single storey S façade of the front section (to the right) and the S façade of the large two storey return. The single storey section has a large picture window. To the ground floor of the return there are two similar windows with a partly glazed door between. To the first floor there five unevenly spaced sash windows. The N elevation has a more complex appearance. The N façade of the front section (to left) is blank. To the right of this, and set back, is the long N façade of the return. This façade is in two main sections. The left half of the façade projects and has a large picture window to the ground floor. To the very left side of this half is a small full height gabled projection with window to the first floor with c.1920s-30s three pane frame. The right half of the façade has a large picture window to the ground floor with two narrow sash windows to the first floor. The small portion of W facing façade (‘between’ the two halves of the façade as it were) has a partly glazed door to the ground floor and a sash window, with margin panes and coloured glass, to the first floor. The left half of the façade has a curious raised outline of a gable on it- does this mark the line of the height (and extent) of an original return shown on the 1834 OS map. The (unevenly pitched) gable of the return is blank. The return and N, S and W facades of the original section are finished in lined render with some sections in rough cast. The whole façade is painted. The entire roof is covered in natural slate. The front section has two central rendered chimney stacks with octagonal pots. The return has three rendered stacks, without pots. Cast iron rw goods. To the immediate S side of the return there is a small garden enclosed with a low rendered wall. To the S and W of the house there is an extensive collection of two and single storey outbuildings all finished in rough cast and with openings of various sizes. These outbuildings were extensively renovated in the 1930s. To the E of the house there is a relatively narrow drive bordered by low rendered walls. To the E end of the drive is a set of wrought iron gates, undoubtedly the work of a local blacksmith.