Garage, 2 The Square, Strangford, Co Down, BT30 7ND

Façade only was retained in redevelopment of site, c.1996. At time of survey, 2002, the dilapidated remains of a single to two storey commercial garage of c.1920s with overtly modernist (but now roofless) front section and a much more utilitarian Belfast truss roofed section to the rear. The property is located on the southeast side corner of The Square, Strangford, at the junction with Stella Maris Street. The main front section is two storey and now consists of the front (W) and S elevations. Both are roughcast rendered with the front elevation having a typically 1920s stepped parapet, various window and door openings (with doors missing and dilapidated remains of window frames) and large raised san serif letters (partly set within the parapet) spelling out ‘J ELLIOTT & CO LTD’. The S elevation has a variety of window openings and doorways, the windows boarded up but the doorways (one of which is to the upper level) retaining timber-sheeted doors. The roof has collapsed but the broken remains of its Belfast trusses can be seen within. The rear section appears to have only one exposed elevation, its S facing one to Stella Maris Street. This elevation is dominated by a large vehicle doorway with sliding timber double door with the remainder of the elevation in corrugated metal. This section retains its curved felt-covered roof. The current OS map shows that the rear portion of the building has an irregular rhomboid plan form and is significantly broader than that to the front (which, incidently, is rectangular but with a small outshot to the rear). The dimensions of the exposed S and W elevations of the whole property are roughly 24m x 11.