Busherstown House

Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1850, with central breakfront having parapet. Set back from the road. Hipped slate roof with oversailing eaves, half hexagonal-shaped slates, lead flashing to ridges, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped tiled and lean-to felt roofs to rear extensions. Ruled-and-lined render to façade. Pebbledash to side and rear elevations and extensions with smooth rendered plinth. Timber sash window to façade with tolled stone sills and label mouldings. Timber casement window to sides and rear with concrete sills. Round-headed door opening to façade with petal fanlight, timber battened door and limestone threshold. Square-headed door opening to rear with timber battened door. Cast-iron railings to north-east and south-west with gate accessing rear garden and rendered plinth wall. Spearhead finials to railings. Outbuilding to rear garden. Front site is enclosed behind modern wall with railings and steps.

Opposing the entrance gates to Busherstown House, the gate lodge expresses a formal character and an attractive design fitting for its status. The symmetrical cottage, which now sits back from a raised road level, has retained many of its original features and fabric. The façade’s two-over-two timber sash windows are pleasantly framed by label mouldings and the shaped slates enhance the hipped roof. Continuity in design is reflected in the cast-iron railings, which guard the rear garden. The use of circles, squares and spear-headed finials mirrors the similar design found in the entrance gates accessing Busherstown House.