Survey Data
Reg No
15403017
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Ballinderry
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
220679, 240088
Date Recorded
10/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay two-storey country house, built c.1870, having full-height two-gable fronted bays to the south end of the main elevation (east) and a multi-bay two-storey return to the rear (west). Two-storey box bay window to the southern most bay and two single-storey flat-roof canted bays to the north end of the main elevation (east). Pitched natural slate roofs with moulded red brick eaves cornice, red clay ridge tiles and rendered chimneystack. Terracotta finials to gable ends. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Cement rendered walls having square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, paired to the two northern bays and grouped in three to the box bay window. Rendered block-and-start surrounds to the majority of the first floor openings. Square-headed door opening to the second gabled bay from the south having rendered block-and-start surround and a timber panelled door having an overlight above. Set back from road in own grounds with a substantial complex of outbuildings (15403018) to the rear (west). Crenellated boundary wall to the northeast of house. Located to the northeast of Moate.
Appraisal
A substantial late nineteenth-century house, which retains its early form and character. The projecting box bay window with the tripartite arrangement of window openings and the gable-fronted bays lends this house a subdued Tudor Gothic feel. This house is enhanced by the retention of most of its important early fabric including the timber sash windows. The front façade is given a rather imposing character by the variety of forms and projections. This building is a worthy addition to the built heritage of the local area. The boundary wall to the north completes the setting. It forms the centrepiece of a pair of related structures with the outbuildings to the rear (15403018).