Site of former 25 Scotch Street, Downpatrick, Co Down

Site, on the S side of Scotch Street, of a former three storey house of possible pre 1834 construction, demolished c.1990 with its place now taken up with the entrance to a car park. The building was described in the first survey of February 1974 as: ‘Three storey house on the slope of street down to W. Roof slated, right hand gable end. Chimneys rendered. Wall rendered and channel jointed or rusticated. Dentilled eaves cornice. Raised quoins, moulded first floor sill course. Second floor [four] drop hung windows, no astragals. Four first floor drop hung windows, horizontals. Ground floor has four pane window, semicircular arch to top panes, [then- to right] coach doorway, [then] house doorway, [then] drop hung window as one first floor. All windows have moulded architrave and decorative keystone. Coach doorway has recessed lintel and keystone over and diagonally sheeted door. House doorway framed with panelled pilaster jambs with decorative brackets and decorative brackets, decorative frieze lintel below pediment. Door panelled with plain fanlight. Condition of front fair, but roof settled and building believed to need structural attention’.