219 Ardglass Road, Ballyhossett, Downpatrick, Co. Down, BT30 7ED

This is a single-storey, five-bay house built between 1820 and 1839, located on Ardglass Road in Ballyhossett, near Downpatrick, County Down. The building is set back from the main road, which connects Downpatrick and Ardglass, and faces east. It is enclosed by a low wall and a lawn to the front, with a further lawn to the south, screened by stone. Tiled paving is at the rear.

The external appearance has been significantly altered, and most detail has been removed from the interior except for two early doors. The front elevation features a recessed, segmental arched entrance, with a modern six-panel door flanked by sidelights, all with obscure glass and raised and fielded panels at their bases. Two top-hung timber windows are located to the south of the entrance, and a further two similar windows are spaced apart to the north, the first illuminating the original part of the house and the second the later extension. Two further top-hung timber windows light the rear of the main house. The south gable is blank, while the north side features a wing wall enclosing the entrance to a farmyard. An Edward VII letterbox is set into the wall facing the road. The wall is finished with modern roughcast above a smooth rendered recessed base. The roof is covered with cement fibre slates, contained within large cement skews on the original four-bay block, with a similar, smaller termination on the extension. Chimneys rise to plain cappings, one topped with a black pot. Rainwater goods are of plastic.

The building extends to the rear in two periods of single-storey construction, featuring roofs of natural slate and plastic rainwater goods. The windows are modern, either timber or plastic framed. The doors are of timber sheeting or are flush. The front wall and piers are finished with modern roughcast above a smooth rendered base. The gate piers and walling have cast concrete copings and cappings, and the gates are of modern galvanised mild steel construction. The building has characteristics of industrial archaeological interest.