Overview
Ferry House — KILLYDONNELL is recorded as house in Donegal. Detached seven-bay two-storey former ferry house, built c.1780, having later projecting gabled porch to front, lean-to addition to rear, and single-storey extension to rear. Pitched purple slate roof with exposed rafter ends, cast-iron rainwater goods and three rendered chimneystacks with octagonal clay pots.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Detached seven-bay two-storey former ferry house, built c.1780, having later projecting gabled porch to front, lean-to addition to rear, and single-storey extension to rear.
People and work
The saved account records: Pitched purple slate roof with exposed rafter ends, cast-iron rainwater goods and three rendered chimneystacks with octagonal clay pots.
How it changed
The saved account records: Pitched slate roof to porch and rear addition.
What survives
The saved account records: Single-storey rubble stone outbuilding to northeast, enclosed within rubble stone boundary wall with square-plan piers and replacement metal gate.
Why it mattered
Ferry House — KILLYDONNELL matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: A visually pleasing building that retains its early character. Its facade has been composed in a classical manner and is framed by the raised quoins. Retention of timber sliding sash windows enhances the architectural and historical value. Fort Stewart Ferry was a regular service inaugurated and originally maintained by the Stewart Family of Fort Stewart until it ceased in 1930. The landing place at the opposite side of Lough Swilly was Ballybegley Pier. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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