30 Mountain Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down, BT34 4BB

A terrace of three houses aligned north-south on the east side of Mountain Road in Kilkeel. The buildings were constructed during the second half of the 19th century, appearing on the 1901 Ordnance Survey map but not on the 1859 edition.

Due to the sloping topography, the terrace appears two storeys from the road frontage but is in fact three storeys, with a semi-basement level accessible from the rear. The terrace is six openings wide and was built in two phases. The original building comprises the three openings to the right. A three-opening wide block was subsequently added to the left, and at the same time the left opening of the original house was amalgamated with the right hand opening of the addition to form the present No.30.

All roofs are pitched with natural slate, featuring overhangs to gables finished with plain bargeboards. Rendered chimneys sit on both exposed gables and on what was the left gable of the original house before the northern addition. The walls throughout are painted and rendered, with projecting eaves courses. Half-round plastic gutters have been installed.

The right-hand block comprises three bays, delineated by stucco quoins at both ends. The street-facing entrance to No.28 is a painted four-panel timber door with a modern painted timber pedimented encasement, positioned centrally. To its left is a 6/6 painted timber sliding sash window, and to the right is a modern shallow bow window with multi-pane timber casements. The first floor has three equally spaced 6/6 timber sashes aligned with those below. All sash windows have exposed boxes and painted granite cills.

The left-hand block is also three bays wide. The entrance door to No.30 is a four-panel painted timber door with transom light above, set within a shallow projecting porch with decorative fretted cheeks, pitched roof and timber finial. Above this is a 2/2 sliding sash window matching the detailing of the right-hand block.

On the rear elevation, the division into three separate houses is more evident. No.30 features a back door at basement level to the right, with a modern 1/1 plastic window to its left. At ground floor level are a 6/3 sash to the left and a 2/2 sash to the right. The first floor has a 1/2 casement to the left and a 1/1 sash to the right.

The terrace has interest in its setting and group value within the streetscape of Kilkeel.