Glenavon House — Rathealy Road

Detached house, built c. 1820, having five-bay two-storey front elevation, six-bay three-storey rear elevation, three-bay side elevations, and two-bay two-storey over half-basement addition set back from front elevation. Main front has projecting pedimented end bays and has carved limestone portico to entrance. Hipped slate roofs, with dressed and carved limestone chimneystacks to main block and rendered chimneystack to addition, cast-iron rainwater goods and dressed limestone eaves course. Ashlar limestone walls to projecting bays with dressed limestone quoins and round-headed Giant Order recessed panels, and having carved limestone to pediments, with carved cornice, architrave and frieze. Painted rendered walls elsewhere, rear elevation having painted dressed limestone quoins to upper floors, and dressed limestone platband between lower floors. Rendered buttress to west end of rear wall. Square-headed openings throughout, with cut limestone sills. Mainly six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to front elevation, four-over-four pane to ground floor of addition, and timber sash to bottom floor at rear. Other windows are replacement. Openings to middle floor of rear elevation have moulded render surrounds and sills. Round-headed door opening having timber panelled door, ornate petal fanlight, carved limestone doorcase incorporating Doric-style pilasters and moulded architrave. Opening flanked by carved limestone Doric-style pilasters. Portico to front comprising cut limestone steps, carved limestone Ionic-style columns with carved plinths, carved limestone architrave, frieze and cornice. Retains interior timber shutters to windows. Terraced lawns to grounds, with flight of limestone steps.