Kilgowan Lodge — Meadow Road

Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile over part-raised basement former medical officer’s house (infirmary), built 1866, with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to centre approached by flight of steps, two-bay two-storey side elevation to south, two-bay two-storey rear elevation to east and three-bay two-storey side elevation to north. Extended, c.1950, comprising two-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced bay to side elevation to north with door opening over approached by flight of iron steps. Reroofed, c.1990. Now in private residential use. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1990. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Replacement timber eaves, c.1990. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Flat-roofed to porch behind parapet wall. Materials not visible. Flat-roofed to advanced bay to north. Concrete with iron railings over. Broken coursed squared rubble stone walls. Cut-stone stringcourse to basement. Cut-stone quoins to corners. Cut-stone dressings to porch including paired corner pilasters with frieze and moulded cornice over having balustraded parapet wall over. Square-headed window openings (round-headed window opening to first floor side (north) elevation remodelled, c.1950, to accommodate use as door opening approached by flight of iron steps). Rendered sills. 2/2 timber sash windows. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of seven cut-stone steps. Timber panelled door. Overlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds perpendicular to road. Tarmacadam forecourt to front. Rubble stone boundary wall to south with sections of iron railings over having ‘Fleur-de-Lys’ finials.