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Ballymore House

hunting/fishing lodge
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Ballymore House
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Detached six-bay two-storey former fishing lodge, built c. 1810, incorporating fabric of earlier building, and with later Victorian additions. Comprising main west block with full-height canted bay window to south elevation, lower two-bay two-storey block to south bay of rear (east) elevation with projecting north bay, recent three-bay single-storey with dormer attic half-hipped-roofed extension to north bay of rear elevation. Two-bay block with integral carriage arch to north. Now in use as house. Skirt slate roof with overhanging eaves and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings to front elevation with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, those to first floor having continuous render sill course, those to ground floor with moulded render surrounds. Square-headed openings to rear with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, some tripartite. Square-headed openings to south elevation with tripartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to bay window, two-over-two pane to first floor, one-over-one pane to ground floor, those to ground floor having moulded render surrounds. Elliptical-headed stairlight to central block to rear, with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash window and spoked fanlight. Square-headed openings to central block to rear having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and timber casement window. Square-headed opening to central block to rear having timber panelled door. Oculus opening to east elevation of north block with spoked timber window, square-headed opening with fixed pane window and timber guard, square-headed opening with timber battened door. Round-headed door opening to front elevation with moulded render surround comprising stepped paired pilasters supporting render arch. Square-headed timber panelled half-glazed door with spoked fanlight, sidelights with timber panelled stall risers and cut limestone plinth blocks and threshold. Brass lamps flanking opening. Round-headed integral carriage arch with moulded render surround to west elevation comprising flanking pilasters, arch and keystone detail. Timber battened double-leaf doors. Square-headed opening to south with timber French doors. Detached three-bay single-storey former gate lodge to west having curved recessed central bay, pitched artificial slate roof, rendered chimneystack, rendered walls, square-headed openings with replacement windows and render label mouldings, square-headed opening to recessed bay with timber panelled door and render label moulding. Rubble stone boundary walls with square-profile piers to entrance having render ball finials and cast-iron double-leaf gates.

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