Rossconor Cottage, 62 Annacloy Road, Rossconor, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 9AQ

Rossconor Cottage is a substantial house of picturesque Tudor character, situated at the end of a long drive approximately 3 miles north-west of Downpatrick. The building originated before 1834 but owes its present appearance to a remodelling dating to around the 1840s. It is a 1½ storey structure with gabled bays, overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends and decorative barges and finials, and a battlemented porch. The property derives special interest from its style, proportions, ornamentation, surviving plan form and internal detail, as well as its setting and historical associations.

The asymmetrical front elevation faces approximately north. At slightly right of centre stands a large full-height gabled bay, its front gable containing an open porch with gabled roof and battlemented parapet. The porch front displays an elliptical arch with a panelled timber entrance door beyond. Flanking the porch are very narrow sash windows with Georgian panes (2/2). Above the porch is a large tripartite window with sidelights lower than the centre light (1/2, 6/6, 1/2). The narrow east and west faces of the bay each contain a narrow window matching those flanking the porch. Immediately to the left of the bay are two 6/6 sash windows. Further left stands another full-height bay, whose ground floor features a large, deep, flat arch recess with bevelled corners. Within this recess is a smaller, shallower flat arch recess with rounded corners, containing a large double sash window (4/4, 4/4). The first floor of this bay has three narrow windows, the centre one taller (1/2, 2/3, 1/2). To the right of the entrance bay are two 6/6 windows. The east gable has a 6/6 window to first floor. Where this gable meets a single-storey gabled return on the east face, two small square windows with modern frames are visible. The west gable contains two first-floor windows, the right one larger (6/6 as opposed to 4/4), with a chimney breast to the gable.

To the rear, the ground floor has a panelled and glazed door at left of centre, with a small 4/4 window to its right. The first floor rear contains three unevenly spaced windows of varying sizes: one very small (1/1) to the left, and 6/6 and 4/4 windows elsewhere. The far right of the rear elevation is a gabled return with a modern glazed door and modern-framed window to its west face. A large rear return was demolished in recent times.

The façade is finished in painted roughcast, with smooth render surrounds to openings that may have been added around the 1930s. Nearly all windows have sash frames with Georgian panes. The slated gabled roof features an overhang with five octagonal chimney pots set on the ridge with small bases, six skylights to the rear, and cast iron rainwater goods.

Historical records suggest the building may have dated from the late 1700s. The Ordnance Survey map of 1834 shows a substantial building with a large return on this site, then occupied by Hugh Taylor. The 1858 revised Ordnance Survey map depicts the property much as it appears today, with bays to the front and two returns to rear. The remodelling to its present picturesque Tudor style likely occurred around 1845, probably undertaken by John Kincaid, who held the property from sometime after 1836 until his death in 1849. The gate lodge at the north of the site, now largely ruinous, was probably also added at this stage. The Kincaid family remained in residence until at least 1865. For much of the period until 1933, when the present owner's grandfather acquired the property, it may have been held by a family named Morrison. A large rear return was demolished with listed building consent as part of renovations carried out in 2000, undertaken by Donal McRandal Chartered Architects with grant aid from the Environment and Heritage Service and Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

At the entrance to the property stands a largely ruinous gatehouse, with cement-rendered gateposts in front supporting cast iron gates. A 1980s house is located between the gate and main house.