112 Saul Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, BT30 6NJ

An attached three-bay two - and three-storey house with basement and semi-attic, built c.1840, remodelled and extended c.1880, and located to the north side of Saul Street, Downpatrick. Rectangular on plan with three storey right bay having full height projection fronted by a three-storey canted bay. Pitched roof partially clad with fibre cement tiles, replaced with slate in part; angled clay ridge tiles (some replaced) and reconstructed brick chimneystacks. Plastic and cast iron rainwater goods to modern fascia. Ruled and lined cement rendered walling with stucco cill courses and pediment detail to right bay projection. Windows are generally original 6/6 sliding sash without horns throughout, except where stated otherwise. Principal elevation faces south-east; left and central bays have regular openings arranged about central gabled porch having natural slate roof and elliptical opening containing original six-panelled door with bronze knob and remains of sidelights (fanlight removed at time of survey); lit to exposed left cheek by a tall four-light window. The projecting right bay has three vertically aligned sashed canted bays (from top: diminished 3/3, 6/6, 2/2 with cill at floor level). South-west gable is blank, with cement render repair to chimney flue. Rear (north-west) elevation has exposed basement and is abutted by a two-storey yellow brick lean-to addition (c.1900) carried on a segmental brick arch. Right bay is abutted to basement by a refurbished gabled pantry extension, and has a window to each floor. Left bay has two windows to each floor: 2/2 to basement, 1/1 to ground floor, 6/6 to first floor and small fixed casements to attic storey. North-east gable abutted by adjoining house. Setting: The house is set slightly back from the road in a suburban setting, flanked by a number of individually designed houses of a similar period. There is a small front garden set bounded by a rendered wall. To rear is a long steeply terraced garden, accessed from the house via a set of stone steps leading to a service passage having barreled roof, lime rendered walling and original quarry tiled floor; the passage is bounded to one side by an enclosed Victorian rainwater tank fed by a cast iron gutter from the terrace above (now a modern patio). There are remains of several small brick garden buildings, accessed via the passage; a former entrance leading to the area beneath the patio has been blocked, and may have been infilled. Roof: Fibre cement slate Walling: Cement render Windows: Timber sash RWG: uPVC and cast iron