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Blakefield House — BALLYSOOGHAN NORTH

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Blakefield House — BALLYSOOGHAN NORTH
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Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1860, possibly over basement with segmental-headed door opening to centre, single-bay two-storey recessed lower end bay to right (east) and five-bay two-storey parallel range along rear elevation to north having single-bay single-storey canted bay window to east and single-bay two-storey return to rear to north. Extended, c.1995, comprising single-bay single-storey flat-roofed return to rear to north with balcony over and single-bay single-storey conservatory. Gable-ended roofs with slate (pyramidal to conservatory). Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Overhanging timber eaves on paired brackets. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed window openings (including to canted bay window to east to parallel range). Stone sills. Replacement 6/6 timber sash windows, c.1995, with exposed sash boxes (some possibly original). Segmental-headed door opening. Cut-stone Ionic doorcase approached by flight of stone steps. Timber panelled door. Sidelights and spiders-web fanlight. Set back from road in own grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Mature landscaped gardens to rear. Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1860, to east. Reroofed, c.1970. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1970. Iron ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Square-headed door openings. Timber panelled half doors. Gateway, c.1860, to south comprising four cut-stone piers with curved flanking walls having cast-iron gates and railings.

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