Ivy House — BALLYANNE

Detached five-bay two-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, built 1740, on a rectangular plan with three-bay full-height rear (west) elevation. Occupied, 1911. Refenestrated, ----. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, lichen-covered rendered coping to gables with red brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on roughcast eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Ivy-covered roughcast walls over coursed rubble stone construction with concealed rough hewn rubble stone flush quoins to corners; slate hung surface finish to side (south) elevation. Round- or segmental-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing replacement timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six or three-over-three (half-dormer attic) timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site with roughcast piers to perimeter having shallow pyramidal capping supporting looped wrought iron gate.