4 Maytown Terrace, Fountain St., Bessbrook, Co.Armagh

Two-storey two-bay late-Victorian mill workers terraced dwelling, built of local stone in c.1896 to designs by an unknown architect. L-plan form facing northwest having a two storey rear return. No. 4 Maytown Terrace forms part of a terrace comprising seven similar houses (HB16/22/018A-G) which front onto Main Street, Bessbrook, and are set back from the road by a wide tarmac public footpath. Generally random-coursed rock-faced local Newry Granodiorite walling with stepped red brick dressings to jambs, stone cills and square-headed gauged-brick door and window opes. Pitched natural slate roof with angled black clay ridge tiles. Rectangular-section red brick chimney to NE (rebuilt in rustic brick) has two black clay pots; similar chimney to SW has two buff clay pots. Flush eaves with separate red and buff brick eaves courses and an alternating red and buff brick corbel course above. Generally cast iron RWGs to front and uPVC to rear; half-round guttering discharging to circular section downpipes. Principal elevation The front elevation faces NW and is flush with the rest of the terrace. It is near symmetrical having a regular fenestration pattern; two windows to FF level in line with GF openings, all windows having double hung 1/1 sliding timber sash windows, with horns. Painted timber door opens onto public footpath having three vertical panels to its lower half and two glazed sections to its upper half; brass furniture to door and a square-headed fanlight above. Window to NE side of door. Northeast elevation To the NE the building is attached to No. 3 Maytown Terrace (HB16/22/018C). Southeast elevation Rear elevation faces SE having a reduced bay to NE, with a top opening timber casement window at FF and a similar uPVC window in-line to GF, looking into enclosed rear yard. Two storey pitched roof rear return projects from SW end of elevation to rear SE having a two part side opening uPVC casement window to FF and a similar window in-line to GF. NE side of rear return has a UPVC door opening into enclosed concrete yard. Yard boundary walling has a cement render finish and a painted six panel timber door leading from rear access route. Modern oil tank is raised and supported on three I-beams above yard. Generally elevation and rear return have a painted smooth cement render finish with slim concrete cills. Southwest To the SW the building is attached to No. 5 Maytown Terrace (HB16/22/018E). Setting Maytown Terrace is a row of seven similar mill workers dwellings (HB16/22/018A-G) situated along Main Street, Bessbrook. Rear facades are generally much altered with most of the dwellings along the terrace having lost their original stone rear yard boundary walls. Rear boundaries are defined by a local access route and an area of rough grazing to the SE. Materials; Roof: Natural slate RWGs: Cast iron and uPVC Walling: Newry Granodiorite Windows: Timber sash and uPVC casements