Dunany House

Detached multiple-bay two-storey house, built c. 1720, altered and extended c. 1770, enlarged and castellated c. 1820. H-plan, north and south wings each with crenellated parapets to east (front) elevation (both three-bays wide with slightly recessed central bays but north wing wider than south) linked by single-storey crenellated entrance screen with east courtyard behind, two-storey crenellated canted bay projecting from centre of south elevation, double-pitched two-storey north wing, single-storey crenellated wing abutting main house to south-west, two-storey house attached to west forming west courtyard. Pitched and hipped slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, lead-capped hips, brick corbelled chimneystacks on rendered bases some with diagonally-set twin flues, cast-iron gutters on eaves corbel course, cast-iron downpipes, parapet gutters behind crenellations to north and south wings. Unpainted roughcast rendered walling, crenellated parapets on roughcast corbels. Square-headed window openings to north and south elevations, dressed limestone sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows; tripartite sliding sash window to first floor of bay to south elevation, fixed-light upper panes; segmental-headed ground floor and square-headed first floor window openings to east elevation, splayed smooth rendered reveals, dressed limestone sills, fixed-light mullioned windows with trefoil-headed leaded lights with coloured glass margins; painted timber casements to north and west elevations; pointed arch window opening to west gable of north wing, painted timber intersecting Y-tracery window. Segmental-headed carriage arch and mullioned flanking apertures to entrance screen wall. Square-headed door openings; east entrance with moulded stone surround, painted timber double doors each with quadrant-headed glazed panels over rectangular moulded panels; painted timber vertically-sheeted doors with plain-glazed overlights to west and north elevations; painted timber vertically-sheeted door to house attached to west, tracery fanlight. Seven-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to west, pitched slate roofs, square-headed window and door openings, centrally-located elliptical-headed carriage arch with hood moulding; various derelict rubble stone slate-roofed outbuildings further west; graveyard to north-east. Set in wooded grounds. Single-storey rendered gate lodge to south-east; hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods; painted roughcast rendered walling, painted smooth rendered plinth; square-headed window openings, painted timber two-over-two sliding sash and fixed light windows, bipartite sliding sash to east elevation; square-headed door opening, painted timber vertically-sheeted door.