Derryvally House

Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic, built c.1800, with single-storey lean-to addition to rear and to west gable, and farm buildings to rear (north). Pitched slate roof, with rendered chimneystacks having decorative string courses to gable ends, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Recent roof-lights to north. Exposed coursed rubble limestone walls, with squared stone quoins. Square-headed window openings with red brick block-and start surrounds, segmental-headed relieving arches with rubble stones voussoirs to window and door openings possibly indicating shape of original openings. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to long elevations, with some replacement timber casement windows to rear. Segmental-headed door opening with replacement segmental-headed doorcase of timber-framed fanlight and sidelights flanking raised-and-fielded timber panelled door, approached by replacement stone platform, and three recent stone steps. Range of single and two-storey stable and farm buildings forming courtyard, with pitched slated roofs and coursed rubble limestone walls, segmental-headed openings with gauged-brick surrounds to doors and windows. Main approach from south-west with wrought-iron gates on cut-stone square-plan piers with domed stone caps. Located on hill, north of Ballybay to Newbliss road in close proximity to Derryvally Presbyterian complex to west and Craig’s Castle to south-east.