Kilshane

Detached six-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1835, later used as novitiate and currently in use as hotel. House faces east and has five-bay side elevations and seven-bay three-storey rear elevation, central three bays of latter being advanced. Two-bay three-storey block to north-west. M-profile hipped slate roof to main block with carved stone cornice, stone parapet and cast-iron rainwater goods. Hipped slate roof to north-west block. Roughly dressed sandstone rubble walls to main block with dressed quoins, having cut limestone plinth, cut limestone platband between storeys to front and south elevations. North-west block has rendered walls with exposed dressed sandstone quoins. Decorative cast-iron balcony to first floor of rear elevation. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows throughout, one-over-one pane to main block, barred to basement and having six-over-six pane and two-over-two pane windows to north-west block. Round-headed window to north elevation of main block with spoked fanlight. Cut limestone Ionic tetrastyle prostyle portico to front entrance with flight of limestone steps with cast-iron bootscrapes. Square-headed double-leaf timber panelled door flanked by one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, all set into brick walling with recessed plaque over doorway. Three-bay former chapel to west, now connected to main block by flat-roofed single-storey link, with apse to west gable. Pitched slate roof and roiughcast rendered walls, round-headed window openings, those to south elevation converted to doorways, with fixed timber upper parts with spoked fanlights. Three-stage tower to south-west corner of former chapel, with pyramidal roof with cross finial, rendered walls, roughcast except to top stage. Square-headed doorway to bottom stage and round-headed lancet windows to second stage and square-headed windows flanked by paired rendered pilasters to top stage. Lower flat-roofed addition to north side of chapel has doorway flanked by rendered pilasters and round-headed windows. Glasshouse to north-east. Single-storey addition to north side of north-west block and surviving south range of former yard of outbuildings to north of house, latter now converted to accommodation, both comprising single-storey blocks with hipped slate roofs and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Gateway into yard has piers of dressed limestone and double-leaf metal gates. House stands in extensive parkland with gate lodge and gates to south and two-span concrete on avenue. Variety of farmyards and garden features to north and east of house.