Bellevue, 54 Killowen Old Road, Rostrevor, Newry, Co Down, BT34 3AE

Bellevue, a modest two-storey country house on the former Ballyedmond Estate, presents evidence of gradual development across generations. The building's vernacular origins suggest it may originally have faced north, but successive modifications have resulted in its current picturesque appearance with the principal elevation oriented south. Landscaping around the property, particularly tree planting, reflects its estate origins.

The house comprises three bays with a pitched natural slate roof. Three rendered chimneystacks sit on the main ridge, each topped with a yellow octagonal pot. The central and right-hand stacks have three shafts, while the left-hand stack has two, suggesting that the western bay was added early in the building's development. The front pitch is interrupted by three cross gables, one to each bay, each decorated with highly fretted bargeboards. The eaves and verges overhang and are boxed, with half-round cast-iron rainwater goods. The walls are cement rendered and painted.

The principal entrance is positioned at the right of the middle bay. The door itself is an unusual pattern of two panels over one, all raised and fielded, and has been modified to address settlement. Its small scale compared to the present windows, together with a plain overlight, suggests a late 18th-century date. The entrance is approached via two granite steps leading to a paved platform, above which the bay is advanced and supported by two painted monolithic granite pillars with stop-end chamfered arrises, creating an open porch.

To the right of the entrance is a single-storey canted bay with old casement windows, possibly Edwardian in date. The roof of this bay is edged by decorative cast-iron gutter trim with cresting along the top and diaper or billet moulding along the bottom. At first-floor level above the middle bay is a paired casement window under the cross gable.

To the left of the entrance within the central bay are two 1/1 sliding sash windows with exposed boxes and horns at ground floor, and a four-casement Edwardian-style window at first floor. The western bay mirrors the eastern bay at both floors, including a single-storey canted bay window.

The left gable has an overhanging plain verge. At ground floor are a 1/1 sliding sash window and two French casement windows with plain overlights. At first floor is a paired casement. To the left of this gable extends a two-storey return with natural slate roof and a plain gable chimney, its roof hipped at the intersection with the main roof. The walls are smoothly rendered. At ground floor are two modern top-hung windows, and at first floor are two 1/1 sliding sash windows. A small single-storey storeroom is tucked into the junction of the return with the main building. Beyond the return, accessible through a wrought-iron gate, is the service drive in stone macadam leading to the yard and continuing to the north side of the house.

The north elevation is wet dashed, lit by a small-paned Yorkshire sash serving the rear service passage, with other windows and doors appearing relatively modern. An eastern return, single-storey with a simple chimney stack, has wet-dashed walls. The right gable has an overhanging verge and plain bargeboards. At ground floor is a small top-hung modern casement to the rear; at first floor are a paired casement towards the front and a fanlight single casement to the rear.