Ballyorney House — LISMAGAWLEY

Detached three-bay two-storey house on T-shaped plan, built c. 1890, having central projecting gabled breakfront to main elevation (southwest) and three-bay two-storey return to rear (northeast). Canted oriel window to central breakfront at first floor level. House now out of use and derelict. Pitched natural slate roofs with rendered chimneystack to rear pitch of roof (northeast). Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth course; smooth rendered quoin strips to corners of main body of building and breakfront. Square-headed window openings with chamfered rendered surrounds having timber casement windows and tooled limestone sills; one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to oriel window. Central round-headed door opening to breakfront (southwest) having chamfered render surround, half-glazed timber panelled double doors and ogee-headed timber overlight. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of Ballymahon, close to the shores of Lough Ree. Complex of outbuildings to the rear (northeast, arranged around a courtyard. Ruinous multiple-bay single-storey with attic level outbuilding to rear (northeast) with remains of hipped natural slate roof, rendered rubble limestone chimneystacks, pitched dormer windows, cut limestone bellcote with bell metal bell, partially rendered rubble limestone walls, and square-headed openings (stone sills to windows) and segmental-headed carriage arch opening. Open two-bay single-storey outbuilding to north with corrugated-metal barrel-vaulted roof, rubble limestone gable walls, and timber support post to centre supporting roof. Ruinous multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to east of yard with remains of lean-to slate roof, rubble limestone walls, and segmental-arched carriage arches with cut limestone voussoirs. Gateway to the south of house having modern rendered gate piers (on square-plan).