50 Drumcullan Road, Ballydonety, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 8HZ

Small single storey vernacular house dating from around 1840-50, situated on the south-west side of Drumcullan Road approximately 2.5 miles south-west of Downpatrick. The building is now substantially altered and of limited architectural or historic interest following comprehensive refurbishment.

The front façade faces north-east and is asymmetrical. The former dwelling house occupies the left (south-east) side and features a timber-sheeted door positioned left of centre, with a dilapidated sash window to its left having margin panes and a segmental arch head to the frame. A similar window sits to the right of the door. A vertical break in the stone coursing immediately to the right of the door suggests the house was constructed in two stages. The attached two-storey outbuilding to the right has a large flat-arched carriage door on the ground floor with a pedestrian door alongside. Above these is a loft door accessible via a stone staircase set at 90 degrees to the façade, with a small window-sized opening to its left. A small single storey shed section abuts the far right of the façade at a right angle, with a door and window to its south-east face. The south-east gable of the house contains two small upper level window openings, now boarded. The north-west gable of the outbuilding is blank. To the rear, where ground level is considerably higher, there are no apparent openings except a window to the right side of the house façade.

The façade was harled at some stage, though much has fallen away to reveal the rubble construction beneath. A large section of the rear façade of the outbuilding has been patched in breeze block. A small section of the front façade where a post box once stood, immediately left of the door, has been filled in relatively recent years. Both sections are roofed with natural slate, though a large number of slates have fallen from the rear of the outbuilding roof. The house has two small chimney stacks.

The building shown on the revised Ordnance Survey map of 1858 indicates it was constructed after 1834. During the mid twentieth century, the building contained a small post office. The property appears to have been abandoned sometime after 1978. Between 2000 and 2005, the building underwent comprehensive refurbishment. All windows have been replaced with PVC, the interior layout has been altered, and the barn has been converted to living accommodation. While executed to a high standard, these works have eroded much of the building's original architectural character.