Ramsfort House — BALLYTEGAN PARK

Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey country house, extant 1820, on a U-shaped plan with single-bay full-height bows on engaged half-octagonal plans. Extended, 1868. Sold, 1870. Extended, 1872-3. Sold, 1890. Resold, 1895. Occupied, 1901. In occasional use, 1911. Sold, 1936, to accommodate alternative use. Resold, 1983. "Restored", 1990. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with half-octagonal slate roofs (bows), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on rendered bases on axis with ridge having thumbnail beaded stringcourses below capping, and remains of cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on overhanging eaves having timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes. Replacement rendered walls on rendered chamfered plinth with concealed cut-granite flush quoins to corners. Remodelled square-headed central window opening in tripartite arrangement with timber mullions, and concealed red brick block and start surround framing two-over-two timber sash window without horns having one-over-one sidelights. Square-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sill, and concealed red brick block-and-start surround framing timber casement windows behind cast-iron balconette. Square-headed window openings (bows) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surround framing two-over-two (ground floor) or six-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Set in landscaped grounds including terraces centred on flights of ten lichen-covered cut-granite steps.