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Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1800. Rectangular-plan with return to west, single-storey flat-roofed addition to south-west angle c. 1950. Pitched and hipped slate roofs, clay hip tiles, crested ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks, painted timber eaves course, cast-iron gutters. Painted roughcast rendered walling, smooth rendered plinth and even quoins. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered slightly projecting soffit and reveals, painted tooled stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground floor east elevation, three-over-three to first floor, timber casement windows to north, south and west, uPVC windows to south elevation. Round-headed door opening, red brick voussoirs, red brick coursed surround triple horizontal course alternating with vertical, painted brick reveals, iron petal fanlight, varnished timber plain frieze, engaged fluted Doric columns, and timber door, three concrete steps; square-headed door opening to single-storey addition. Farmyard to south, ranges of one- and two-storey outbuildings, slate and corrugated-iron pitched roofs, coursed rubble stone walling, square-headed window openings some with red brick surrounds. Walled garden to south-east, coursed rubble walling, pedestrian gateway to north, tooled stone surround with keystone. Garden to east with mature planting, coursed rubble stone walling, soldier coping, square-plan gate piers, concave pyramidal caps, wrought-iron gates.

This well proportioned house, mature garden setting, farm buildings and walled garden form an appealing group which was formerly associated with Shortstone House. The architecture is enhanced by the decorative fanlight and timber sliding sash windows. The house and associated structures makes an interesting contribution to the architectural heritage of Louth.