Ballaghgowla House — Lisryan

Detached three-bay single-storey over basement house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1870, having two-storey elevation and two-storey return to rear (southwest). Lean-to single-bay half-glazed timber porch to the centre of the front elevation (northeast). Now disused. Hipped natural slate roofs with cut stone eaves course and painted rendered chimneystacks having some remaining terracotta chimney pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with moulded render surrounds, stone sills, and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Segmental-headed window opening to rear at first floor level, lighting stair hall, having margin glazing with coloured glass. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding adjoining rear return (southwest) to house having pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed openings with timber and replacement corrugated-steel fittings. Later extension to the southwest gable end. Timber battened hayloft elevated on cast-iron Doric columns to re-entrant corner of return and outbuilding. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to northwest of yard with single-pitch corrugated-metal roof, cut stone eaves course, rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed openings with timber fittings (two-over two timber sash windows and remains of timber battened doors), and segmental-headed carriage arch with cut stone voussoirs. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to west of yard (attached to above outbuilding) with single-pitch corrugated-metal roof, rubble limestone walls with flushed roughly dressed limestone quoins to the corners, square-headed openings with dressed limestone voussoirs and corrugated-metal fittings. Set back from road to the south of Granard, southwest side of house facing road. Main entrance gate to the north having squared rubble limestone gate piers (on square-plan) with chamfered capstones and hooped wrought-iron double gates. Pedestrian gateway to the west of house having a pair of squared rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) with capstones and wrought-iron flat bar turnstile gate. Rubble stone boundary walls to site.