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Dromin House

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Dromin House
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Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1850. Return to west, built c. 1870, further two-storey extension to west, porch to east elevation. Hipped slate roof hidden by parapet, clay ridge tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, gutters hidden by parapet, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling to north, south and east elevations and extension, painted roughcast rendered walling to basement and west elevation; painted smooth rendered plinth, carved limestone parapet. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows, three-over-three to basement; four-over-four to basement of return, round-headed window openings to ground floor return, metal casement windows; round-headed openings to north and south of porch, painted timber fixed lights. Square-headed door openings, door to east set in painted smooth rendered porch, rendered channelled quoins, plain frieze, moulded cornice to parapet; painted timber door with four flat panels, flanked by pilasters with console brackets and fixed sidelights, simple frieze, dentil moulding to cornice and geometrically glazed overlight; accessed via stone steps flanked by painted smooth rendered walls; painted timber and glazed double doors, plain-glazed overlight with vertical glazing bars, to south. Segmental-headed brick arch opening to south-west flanked by random rubble walls, leading to ranges of single- and two-storey stone outbuildings forming courtyard, hipped slate roofs; random rubble walling; square-headed window openings, stone sills, brick surrounds, some painted timber two-over-two sliding sash windows; square-headed door and carriage openings, brick surrounds, painted timber vertically-sheeted doors, wrought-iron gate. Single-storey gate lodge to south-east c. 1880, hipped slate roof; painted roughcast rendered walling; square-headed window openings, painted timber casements; square-headed door opening set in painted timber porch, painted timber bargeboard, painted timber and glazed panelled door; lodge set to north of entrance flanked by cast-iron octagonal piers and gates.

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