Survey Data
Reg No
22206707
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Kilshane
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1800 - 1890
Coordinates
192853, 134230
Date Recorded
07/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-storey over basement house, built c.1820, comprising T-plan block having four-bay dormer floor over-three bay ground floor to longer elevation, gable-fronted ends projecting slightly beyond shorter one-bay over-three bay block, latter having central return and flanked by two-storey and one-storey over-basement additions of c. 1870. Entrance in north-east side elevation. Hipped skirt artificial slate roof to main block, pitched to return and lean-to to additions, with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and bargeboards. Roughcast rendered to north-west elevation and painted smooth rendered elsewhere. Square-headed window openings throughout with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and tooled limestone sills, dormered to first floor of south-west elevation. Round-headed fixed timber twelve-pane window to first floor of return. Square-headed door opening having timber panelled door with plain overlight and limestone threshold with cast-iron bootscrape. Two-storey outbuilding to north-west with pitched slate roof, rendered chimneys and roughcast rendered walls, having square-headed metal casement and timber sliding sash three-over-six pane windows and timber battened doors and also having elliptical-headed carriage arch with double-leaf timber battened doors. Cast-iron fencing to lawned garden.
Appraisal
Remodelled in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the gabled bays and gablets transformed the regular form of this small country house. Although simple in architectural detailing, the timber sash windows are notable features which contribute to the appearance of the house. The house along with the outbuilding forms part of a group of related structures with Kilshane church and the gate lodge