Ardmore House — TULLYGOREY

Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey farmhouse, extant 1852, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch to ground floor; two-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves having paired timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered repointed coursed or snecked limestone walls with lichen-spotted cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners; rendered surface finish (porch) with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners supporting iron-covered dragged cut-limestone cornice. Square-headed central door opening with dragged cut-limestone step threshold, and roundel-detailed timber surround framing glazed timber panelled double doors. Round-headed window openings ("cheeks") with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and cut- or hammered limestone voussoirs framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.