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Griesemount House — Ballitore Hill

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Griesemount House — Ballitore Hill
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Detached two-bay two-storey over part-raised basement house, c.1760, retaining early fenestration with round-headed door opening to left ground floor approached by flight of steps, three-bay two-storey side elevation to west and four-bay two-storey side elevation to east with single-bay single-storey projecting porch to east. Extended, c.1820, comprising single-bay two-storey lower wing to south. Hipped roofs with slate (behind parapet wall to front (north) elevation; half-hipped to porch). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Painted. Cut-limestone dressings including stringcourse to basement, quoins to corners and coping to parapet wall. Square-headed window openings (round-headed window opening to side elevation to east). Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows (with fanlight to round-headed window opening). Round-headed door opening to left ground floor approached by flight of four-cut-stone steps having iron railings. Cut-stone Ionic doorcase with entablature. Timber panelled door. Decorative fanlight. Square-headed door opening to porch (flanked by oculus windows). Replacement glazed timber panelled door, c.1980 (fixed-pane timber windows to oculus openings). Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Gravel drive and forecourt to front.Detached two-bay double-height rubble stone outbuilding, c.1760, to north-east retaining early aspect with pair of segmental-headed integral carriageways. Hipped gabled roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cast0iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves course. Random rubble stone walls with roughcast over to front (west) elevation. Painted. Oculus window openings. Fixed-pane timber windows. Pair of segmental-headed integral carriageways. Timber boarded double doors with timber overpanels.Detached six-bay single-storey rubble stone Gothic-style outbuilding with half-attic, c.1760, to east retaining early aspect. Hipped gabled roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-stone eaves course. Random rubble stone walls. Painted. Pointed-arch window openings to ground floor. Stone sills. Fixed-pane timber windows. Oculus windows to half-dormer attic. Fixed-pane timber windows. Square-headed window opening to half-attic to side (north) elevation. Stone sill. Timber casement window. Round-headed door openings. Glazed timber doors with spoked fanlights.

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