Greenwood, 39 Farranfad Road, Farranfad, near Seaforde, Downpatrick, Co Down, BT30 8[?NH]

Greenwood is a substantial two-storey gabled Georgian gentleman's residence dating from circa 1790, situated at the end of a drive to the north of Farranfad Road, roughly one mile north-east of Seaforde and about four miles west of Downpatrick, County Down.

The house is finished in unpainted roughcast and features a symmetrical south-facing front elevation. At the centre of the ground floor is a panelled timber door with granite jambs and lintel, flanked by large four-pane sidelights and surmounted by a large elliptical fanlight with radial tracery. Splayed granite steps lead to the doorway. To either side of the entrance are two sash windows with vertical and horizontal glazing bars creating four square panes over four. The first floor contains five windows: the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th are roughly square sash windows with an arrangement of panes that evokes late Edwardian or Charles Rennie Mackintosh styling, featuring two vertical panes to top and bottom sashes and a narrow band to the top of the upper sash with four small panes. At the centre of the first floor is a Palladian window with sash frames and odd squat panes to its central light (2/2, 7/4, 2/2), set partly within a small gable that breaks through the eaves.

The west gable is largely blank except for two small sash windows with Georgian panes (2/2) at basement level. The east gable contains two basement windows (6/6) and a larger similar window to the first floor right. At first floor level of the east face of the rear return are two sash windows; the ground floor features a large kitchen window with a modern frame.

The substantial rear return comprises two distinct sections, undoubtedly built at different stages. The left section is two storeys with a hipped roof; the right section is two and a half storeys with a gabled roof. The rear north face of the smaller hipped section contains a large modern window to the left on the first floor and a modern glazed door to the right. The gable of the larger section has a small window with a modern frame to the left on the first floor and a modern-looking French door to the right. The first floor of this section has two small two-pane windows. The west face of the return displays a large tripartite sash window (2/2, 4/4, 2/2). The gabled roof is slated with parapets to the rear. Two rendered chimney stacks rise to the gables, each fitted with matching octagonal pots. Cast iron rainwater goods are present throughout. A single-storey shed is attached to the north-east corner of the house, with a yard to the rear containing single-storey outbuildings.

The house is shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1834 as 'Greenwood Farm', with the main drive then opening from the Drumgooland Road to the east. It appears in contemporary valuation records, with the rear return also present at that date, though its roof construction indicates that it was built in two stages. The valuation records confirm that the property was built in the late 1700s. The present drive from Farranfad Road is shown on the 1834 Ordnance Survey map. The current owner believes Greenwood was built by a Royal Naval surgeon named Mayford, though this has not been confirmed. In 1836, the property was the home of Reverend W. Moffat, and by circa 1860 it was in the hands of 'the representatives of Rev Horatio Moffat'. The Royal Naval associations suggested by the name Horatio may indicate that the Moffats were related to the original owner.

The listing extends to the house, outbuildings and courtyard wall.