2 Bryansford village, Ballyhafry, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0PT

A relatively substantial and mildly formal single storey house with a hipped roof, possibly originating before 1834 but substantially remodelled in the late 19th or early 20th century. The building occupies a prominent position at the junction of Bryansford Road and the main road through Bryansford village.

The front north-east façade is symmetrical, centred on a tall gabled porch containing a deep doorway recess. Within this recess is a panelled and glazed door with a margin-paned fanlight. Flanking the porch on either side are sash windows with vertical glazing bars in a 2 over 2 configuration. The south-east elevation comprises two sections: to the left, the south-east facing side of a long rear return with two windows matching those on the front elevation; to the right, a short section of the main front portion containing a canted bay with a hipped roof. The canted bay carries sash windows on each face—the central window matching the front glazing pattern, while the side windows are narrower with glazing bars. The north-west elevation mirrors the south-east arrangement in reverse. A lean-to section sits within the angle of the L-shaped plan, with a single window (now fitted with a modern frame) on its north-west face and a modern-looking window opening on its south-west face. The north-west façade of the rear return has a modern doorway to its left and a window to its right. The south-west gable end of the return could not be fully inspected but appeared blank.

The façade is finished in lined render and painted. The roof is covered with natural slate and has a slight overhang. Four rendered chimney stacks rise from the ridges—two centrally placed to the main section and two to the return, each carrying a single pot. A cast iron skylight sits to the north-west of the return roof. The porch roof features a bracketed overhang arranged in a tympanum-like manner. Rainwater goods are modern PVC. A low rubble wall fronts the roadside with a wrought iron gate providing access.

Ordnance Survey mapping from 1834 shows a building on this site which appears to correspond to the main front section of the present house, though it was not recorded in contemporary valuation records. The revised Ordnance Survey map of 1859 shows a similar building, though its roadside alignment appears marginally different from the present house. The evidence suggests that the main front section may be the 1834 building with the large rear return, canted bay, and porch added during the late Victorian or Edwardian period, though the current external appearance alone does not definitively establish this. Local tradition holds that the building once served as the village post office, which would suggest pre-1864 origins if true, as the present village post office has operated from another location since that date.