Blenheim Lodge — BALLYMACLODE

The saved account records: Section of random rubble stone screen wall to north-east (linking with house) with pointed-arch door opening having red brick block-and-start surround, and red brick battlemented parapet over.

The saved account records: Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1800, with four-bay two-storey side elevation to north-west.

The saved account records: Hipped roof with replacement artificial slate, c.1975, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stack, slightly sproketed eaves, and replacement aluminium rainwater goods, c.1975, on rendered stepped eaves.

The saved account records: Random rubble stone walls to front (north-west) elevation (possibly originally rendered with render removed, c.2000) with rendered battlemented parapet on stringcourse having paired consoles, moulded coping, and unpainted rendered walls to remainder having red brick quoins to corners.

Blenheim Lodge — BALLYMACLODE matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: An appealing middle-size house retaining much of its original form, but which has been extensively renovated in the late twentieth century leading to the loss of most of the original fabric. While replacement fittings have been installed to the openings with reference to the historic models, the removal of the render may have a negative impact on the fabric of the walls in the long term. The arrangement of the house with the attendant outbuildings forms a pleasing group, which remains an important element of the architectural heritage of the locality. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.