46 Moneyslane Road, Ballyward, Castlewellan, Co Down, BT31 9QD

Detached symmetrical multi-bay two-storey with attic rendered house, built c.1870, largely rebuilt c.2006. Rectangular on plan facing north with modern bar abutting the rear elevation, built c.2006. Located on an elevated site at a crossroads in Lowtown at the junction of Moneyslane Road and Closkelt Road. Pitched natural slate roof with black clay ridge tiles, cement verges and replacement rendered chimneystacks with clay pots. Replacement cast-iron rainwater goods to rendered eaves course. Ruled-and-lined cement rendered walling with rendered quoins. Square-headed window openings with granite sills and replacement 2/2 timber sash windows with exposed sash boxes. Symmetrical front elevation is five windows wide, raised during recent renovations to accommodate attic storey. Central square-headed door opening with cut granite surround, replacement flat-panelled timber door and rectangular overlight. Door opens onto stone setts with granite kerbs and three steps rising to the street built in stone setts. Front area enclosed to the road by original decorative wrought-iron railings on rendered plinth wall with matching pedestrian gate. (marker’s name ‘J. Walker Ballyward’) East gable fronts onto the street and has two windows at ground floor, a single window at first floor and a further window opening at attic level with replacement timber casement window. Rear south elevation is five windows wide and partially abutted by two-storey pub, built c.2006. The ground floor opens onto a raised paved terrace with storage units below serving the pub and bitmac parking area beyond. West gable has a window and door opening to the ground floor with replacement timber glazed door, two window openings to the first floor and a further window opening to attic level, as per east elevation. Setting Located at a crossroads in the village of Lowtown, on an elevated site with a new public house built to the rear having a double-height glazed gabled elevation. Roof Natural slate Walling Render Windows timber RWG cast-iron