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Lisrenny House

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Lisrenny House
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Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge, built c. 1850, now in private domestic use. Projecting entrance to north elevation, extension to south; entrance gate to north-east. Hipped slate roof, hidden by rendered crenellated parapet, smooth rendered chimneystacks with caps, gutter hidden by parapet, cast-iron hoppers, circular cast-iron and uPVC downpipes. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, roughly dressed limestone quoins, painted smooth rendered plinth, roughcast-rendered extension to south, granite quoins, smooth rendered plinth. Paired shouldered-arched window openings with chamfered reveals and soffits, granite sills, smooth rendered surround with mullions and transoms, hood-moulding, painted timber casement windows. Projecting entrance, ballustraded parapet, smooth rendered channelled walling, basket-arched door opening, surmounted by hood moulding, painted timber door with five raised-and-fielded panels, plain-glazed overlight, rendered steps to entrance; replacement timber panelled door with sidelights to east elevation. Entrance gate to north-east comprising four finely tooled fluted limestone Doric columns surmounted by decorative capping stones, limestone plinth surmounted by decorative cast-iron railings with quadrant railings to square-profile limestone piers with Greek key motif to frieze and carved capping stones. Cast-iron gates made by R Turner of Stephen's Green, resting on tooled limestone bollards give access to Lisrenny House.

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