Lough House

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1866, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch to ground floor; two-bay (south) or three-bay (north) two-storey side elevations. Refenestrated, 2002. Hipped slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining some cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Segmental-headed central door opening into farmhouse with cut-granite threshold, and timber doorcase with panelled pilasters supporting panelled frieze, and concealed dressings having concave reveals framing timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.

A farmhouse representing an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century domestic built heritage of south County Wexford with the architectural value of the composition, one succeeding a house marked on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1840; published 1841), suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase showing a simple radial fanlight; the diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression; and the high pitched roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, both to the exterior and to the interior: the introduction of replacement fittings to most of the openings, however, has not had a beneficial impact on the character or integrity of the composition. Furthermore, an adjacent stable outbuilding (extant 1902) continues to contribute positively to the group and setting values of a neat self-contained ensemble having historic connections with the Scallan family including William Scallan (1838-66), 'Gentleman late of Lough County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1866, 303); and William Joseph Scallan (1867-1906), 'Magistrate [and] Farmer late of Lough County Wexford' (Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1906, 461).