3 The Square, Ballynahinch, County Down, BT24 8AE

Relatively narrow, three-storey ‘Georgian vernacular’ house with shop, of probable pre-1834 construction, but with the shop front of the mid to later 19th century. The building is set in a mixed terrace on the south side of The Square in the centre of Ballynahinch. The main body of the property is three-storey with a slated double-pitch roof and rendered façade- painted to front and unpainted at the rear. To the eastern side of the rear elevation there is a two-storey gabled return with a further two single-storey returns with lean-to roofs, all arranged in linear fashion. A narrow communal alleyway cuts through the ground floor of no.2 The Square (to the west) giving access to a small-enclosed yard. The front (roughly north-facing) façade is asymmetrical. The ground floor level is taken up with a simple traditional timber shopfront. The shop door and window are flanked with plain timber pilasters, each has a corbelled cap with a plain frieze, however all of the bases have been removed. The shop doorway is flat-headed with a plain overlight above a timber panelled double door. A plain rendered stall riser supports a (replacement) single-light shop window. Above is a plain timber fascia with a traditional painted sign; this is surmounted by a projecting timber cornice that is protected with lead capping. The window openings to the upper floors are all flat-headed, with two to each floor; there is slight 'Georgian reduction' to the second floor openings. Sills appear to be cut stone and are painted. Frames are 2/2 painted timber sash. The rear façade of the three-storey section is mainly obscured by the two-storey return. There are two flat-headed window openings to the return, one to the first floor of the south face and one to the ground floor of the west face; each is 1/1 painted timber sash with wire security grill. Sills appear to be painted cut stone. To the west façade of the first return there is a door opening with a timber sheeted door and two flat-headed window openings. Window openings are quite wide and each has a modern painted timber two-light frame. To the east side is the second return; this is slightly wider and accessed externally; it has no windows. The roof of the first return is covered with corrugated-iron while the second return roof is slated. Rainwater goods are uPVC and are fixed to timber fascia boards.