Annaghmakerig House — KNOCKCOR

The saved account records: Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with attic floor, built c.1875, having projecting porch to front under catslide roof, canted bay window to west gable, slightly recessed addition catslide projection to rear, and recent flat-roof extension also to rear.

The saved account records: Half-hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystack, terracotta ridge cresting with cast-iron finials, cast-iron rainwater goods, and timber eaves.

The saved account records: Red brick walls laid in English Garden Wall bond, with dressed sandstone block-and-start quoins, plat-band and plinth course.

The saved account records: Rubble stone and rendered walls to rear additions.

Annaghmakerig House — KNOCKCOR matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Designed by Henderson and Murray, this Gothic Revival gate lodge, known as Lake Lodge, was built in the late nineteenth century to replace an earlier lodge which had stood at the site since 1835. It was placed at the main entrance to Annaghmakerig House and as such was an integral component part of the demesne landscape. Its red brick façade is enlivened and enhanced by dressed stone detailing and terracotta ridge tiles. The lodge is similar in style to a number of workers' houses, also associated with Annaghmakerig House, and together they form an important component in the architectural heritage identity of… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.