Lisieux

Detached three-bay two-storey house with dormer attic level, built c. 1910, having modern single-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to the south gable end, c. 1990. Now out of use. Pitched natural slate roof with exposed rafter ends, terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Decorative timber bargeboard to the north gable end. Pitched natural slate roofs to dormer openings having terracotta ridges tiles and decorative wavy timber bargeboards. Roughcast rendered walls with raised cement render block quoins to the corners of the front elevation (east). Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, and with three-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings, and plain overlight. Set back from road in mature site in the rural countryside to the north of Lifford. Gateway to the north having a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having hooped wrought-iron gates. Detached single-storey outbuilding to site having pitched natural slate roof, cement rendered walls and square-headed openings.

This modest Edwardian house retains its early form and character despite being now unoccupied. Its visual appeal and integrity are enhanced by the retention of all its salient fabric including timber sliding sash windows with distinctive three-over-two pane arrangement, timber panelled door with bolection mouldings and natural slate roof. Modest decorative interest is added by the rendered block quoins to the corners and the wavy timber bargeboards to the dormer openings. This building represents a good surviving example of an early twentieth-century house that retains its original appearance, and is an addition to the built heritage of the local area. The simple outbuilding to the south-west and the gateway with attractive hooped wrought-iron gates adds to the setting and context. Occupying mature if overgrown grounds to the north of Lifford, this house makes a positive contribution to the rural landscape.