Knockalass House

Detached four-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1840. Oblong plan with original three-bay house to west extended by one bay to the east, single-storey flat-roofed porch c. 1930 to centre of original house, single-bay flat-roofed extension to rear (north) c. 1930, contiguous two-storey hipped roof outbuilding to north-west. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, unpainted smooth-rendered corbelled chimneystacks, concrete verge cappings to gable-ends, half-round cast-iron gutters (mainly missing) on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walls, straight V-jointed quoins, first floor sill course. Square-headed window openings, limestone sills, painted one-over-one timber sash windows c. 1900 to ground floor, six-over-six to first floor. Square-headed entrance door opening in porch, plain-glazed overlight and sidelights, painted panelled timber door. Two pitched slate roofed outbuildings and corrugated-iron barn to north. Three-bay single-storey cottage to north-east with fretted bargeboards. Located in ground at end of long lane, rubble stone and roughcast boundary walls.

Although this farmhouse has not been occupied for a number of years, its development can be discerned in the various extensions and details which include the survival of original multi-pane windows. There are two handsome outbuildings to the farmyard and a, rather whimsical, cottage with delightful bargeboards.