Survey Data
Reg No
41400967
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Previous Name
Ballyleck House
Original Use
Gate lodge
In Use As
House
Date
1810 - 1830
Coordinates
264089, 332202
Date Recorded
23/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c.1820. Hipped replacement natural slate roof with polychrome-brick rectangular-plan chimneystack and clay pots, replacement rainwater goods, and timber eaves supports. Rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed window openings throughout with render sills, timber sliding sash windows: four-over-four pane to front (east) elevation, six-over-six pane to west elevation, bipartite timber frame window to north elevation, and replacement two-over-two pane to rear (west) and front elevation. One margined four-over-four pane timber sliding sash window to front. Square-headed door opening to front having timber battened half-door. Recent pedimented timber and slate canopies over openings. Gateway comprising pair of rock-faced rusticated square-profile piers flanking double-leaf cast-iron gate, single-leaf cast-iron pedestrian gates with rock-faced rusticated square-plan piers to each side. Rendered capping to piers.
Appraisal
This modest gate lodge was built to serve Ballyleck House. The building, set back from the road, has overhanging eaves which are enlivened by timber eaves supports adding an attractive flourish. Decorative timber frame windows enliven the façade. Although it has been somewhat altered, it retains much of its original form and fabric. The rusticated stone piers and cast-iron gates of the gateway add contextual interest to the site as well as being of architectural merit themselves.