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Brookhill House — BALLYHOGE

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Brookhill House — BALLYHOGE
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Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1853, on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey side elevations. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with pressed or rolled lead ridges, rendered red brick Running bond central chimney stack having corbelled stepped stringcourse below capping, and no rainwater goods surviving on timber eaves boards on overhanging eaves having timber consoles. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered piers to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening in segmental-headed recess with overgrown threshold, and concealed dressings with hood moulding over framing unhinged timber boarded double doors having fanlight. Segmental-headed flanking window openings in segmental-headed recesses with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over framing two-over-two timber sash windows having overlights. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Brookhill House.

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