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Detached six-bay two-storey house, built c.1850, with projecting three-bay flat-roofed porch to the centre of the entrance façade (north), with crenellated parapet over, and a single and two-storey return to the rear (south). Formerly in use as a public house (west). Pitched natural slate roof with clay ridge tiles and four rendered chimneystacks having moulded stone coping and terracotta chimneypots over. Remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered finish to projecting porch having a projecting string course at roof level. Square-headed window openings having cut stone sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, diminishing in size. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to porch. Square-headed doorway with timber panelled door to front face of porch (north). Porch flanked by low plinth walls having wrought-iron looped railings over to the east and the west. Complex of single-storey rendered outbuildings to the northwest of house, running at a right angle to the house alignment. Further complex of outbuildings to the south. Early carved stone head inserted north end of outbuilding adjacent to road to the northeast. Set back from road to the west end of Loughanavally.

A highly appealing and well-maintained mid nineteenth-century building, which has a ‘gentrified’ vernacular character. This structure retains much of its early form and fabric including natural slate roof and timber sliding sash windows. It was originally a mixed use building, similar to Fox’s Public House to the east (15402516), having a public house to the west end and a dwelling to the east end. This public house was later closed and altered for use as private accommodation. The porch is a notable addition to the building, adding a positive contribution to its general character and charm. This house is a pleasing addition to built heritage of Loughanavally and is of social importance to the local area on account of its former use as a public house. The survival of the substantial complex of outbuildings, to front and to the rear, is an important part of the overall composition. The carved stone head, built into one of the outbuildings to the northwest, is an interesting feature adding an archaeological dimension to this complex. The wrought-iron railings complete the setting of this good quality composition.