Darragh House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830. Comprising crenellated porch to front (east) elevation, multiple-bay two-storey extensions to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls having render plinth course. Pointed arch niches to porch. Square-headed openings to with painted stone sills, render hoodmouldings and fixed windows. Pointed arch door opening to porch. Square-headed opening having glazed overlight over timber panelled door with flanking sidelights having timber panelled risers. Tiled threshold to entrance. Double-leaf cast-iron gates to south. Pair of square-profile sandstone piers with carved caps, double-leaf cast-iron gates and sweeping roughly dressed walls terminating in second pair of piers.

The form of this modest house is embellished by the decorative porch, which provides the façade with a central ornate focus. Features such as the crenellations to the porch and render hoodmouldings create a unified decorative theme, which enhance its simple form. Set in a mature landscape the setting is enhanced by the entrance piers and gates.