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Kilpatrick House — Ballapousta

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Kilpatrick House — Ballapousta
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Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860. T-plan, single-bay hipped roofed breakfronts to south of east and west elevations, canted-bay to ground floor of south breakfront, entrance porch to west elevation, two-storey return with lean-to entrance bay to east, flat-roofed entrance porch to east. Hipped slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks, projecting eaves, profiled cast-iron gutters, circular cast-iron downpipes. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, raised block-and-start quoins to west elevation, roughcast render to north and south, smooth render to east. Square-headed window openings, tooled limestone sills, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, painted timber tripartite windows to west elevation, round-headed stairwell window to east elevation. Square-headed door opening to porch, Tuscan pilasters to corners, painted timber double doors with six flat panels, limestone step to entrance. Yard to east with single- and two-storey stone outbuildings, ranged around a central gravelled courtyard, central cast-iron pump and stone trough, house forming west range; pitched slate roofs, random rubble stone walling, square-headed door and window openings, block-and-start brick surrounds to openings, limestone ashlar block-and-start surrounds to east range, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors; segmental-headed carriage opening to south range. Set back from road, in own landscaped grounds to west, random rubble stone boundary walls and wrought-iron gates throughout. Further farmyard to north-east with limestone gate piers, wrought-iron gates (no access). Entrance gateway to north-west, rubble masonry boundary walls, crenellated gate piers.

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