1 Deramore (Derrymore) Terrace, Bessbrook, Co.Armagh

A two-storey, two-bay late-Victorian end terraced house, built around 1892 to designs by an unknown architect. The building forms part of a planned row of ten mill workers' dwellings set back from Derrymore Road with modest front yards.

The house has a rectangular plan facing south-west, with a two-storey rear return added around 1991. The main walls are constructed of random-coursed rock-faced local Newry Granodiorite stone with stepped red brick dressings to the window and door openings. Door and window openings are square-headed with gauged brick. Flush dressed granite quoins mark the corners. The pitched roof is covered with natural slate and fitted with angled black clay ridge tiles. Two rectangular-section red brick chimneys are present: the north-west chimney has three buff clay pots, whilst the south-east chimney (now rendered) has two terracotta pots and a single buff clay pot. Eaves are flush with separate red and buff brick courses and an alternating red and buff brick corbel course above. Cast iron rainwater goods serve the front elevation, with half-round guttering discharging to circular section downpipes; the rear has modern uPVC rainwater goods.

The principal south-west elevation is nearly symmetrical with regular fenestration. The ground floor contains a door to the north-west side with two windows, whilst the first floor has two windows directly above, all being double-hung 2/2 sliding timber sashes with horns. Flush dressed granite quoins and a cast iron sign reading "DERAMORE TERRACE" are located at first-floor level to the north-west. A modest paved front yard is enclosed by dwarf stone walling topped with vertical painted metal railings with pointed finials. A decorative dressed granite pillar with pyramidal cap marks the west corner. A foot gate with circular section cast iron posts provides access to a panelled painted timber door with two glazed upper panels, black iron furniture, and a square-headed fanlight above.

The north-west elevation forms the terrace end and consists of a two-storey gabled block with stone walling, red brick to chimney flues, and a red brick chimney at the gable apex.

The north-east (rear) elevation comprises a two-storey pitched roof return projecting the full width of the rear yard. A concrete yard, enclosed by smooth cement render walling with a gap at the north-west leading to the shared rear access route, contains concrete steps oriented north-west to south-east. A raised back door at the south-east end is a sheeted painted timber door with glazed upper half. Paired top-opening uPVC windows are positioned north-west of the door alongside two uPVC casement windows at ground floor level. A diminutive window above the door and a two-part window above the ground-floor window to the north-west complete the fenestration. The elevation has a smooth cement render finish with uPVC casement windows and slim concrete cills.

To the south-east, the building is attached to No. 2 Deramore Terrace.

The terrace overlooks parkland associated with Derrymore House to the south-west. Each dwelling has a rear yard typically enclosed by random-coursed rubble stone walling with a square-headed door onto a shared rear access route oriented north-west to south-east, accessed at both ends of the terrace. Rear facades and boundary walls have been substantially altered. No. 1 has an additional garden to the north-west enclosed by dwarf stone walling, laid to lawn with mature shrubs and trees. Rear gardens to the north-east of the shared access route contain later outbuildings.