8 Main Street, Seaforde, Naghan, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 8PA

8 Main Street is a Tudoresque, double-fronted two-storey house with large gabled half dormers and tall prominent chimney stacks. It is one building within a fine broken terrace of former estate workers' cottages built around 1840, originally containing eight small dwellings, a smithy, and a store.

The terrace was built for workers on the Forde estate, replacing modest single-storey cottages recorded in the 1836 valuation. By the mid-twentieth century the buildings had gradually become vacant and fell into disrepair, with the smithy virtually derelict by 1970. The entire grouping was acquired by Hearth Housing Trust in the mid-1970s and underwent complete renovation in 1983-84. During this work, each pair of houses were amalgamated to form four larger properties (of which this is one), while the smithy and store were converted into two further dwellings. The redundant doorways to the front were made into small windows, and another large gable was added to the rear of all houses.

The building sits on the south side of Main Street near the centre of the village of Seaforde, with an open lawn to the front and enclosed gardens to the rear. The front façade faces north and is asymmetrical. Slightly left of centre is a timber-sheeted door. To the left and right of this is a relatively large three-light casement window with four vertically-arranged panes to each light. To the far right, where a doorway previously existed, is a smaller window in similar style. On the first floor within the large gabled half-dormers are two further casement windows matching those below. To the rear is a timber-sheeted door with a small casement window to either side. On the first floor to the left is a half-dormer with matching window. The façade is rendered and painted. The gabled roof is covered in natural slate with two Velux windows to the rear. A large central chimney stack with three tall pots positioned in diamond formation rises prominently. Metal rainwater goods are present.