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Lakefield — BALLYGAMBON

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Lakefield — BALLYGAMBON
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Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house, built 1831, having three-bay side elevations and seven-bay rear elevation, latter with slightly projecting centre bays. Prostyle tetrastyle portico entrance to façade and oval walled garden adjoining rear. Skirt slate roof with overhanging sheeted eaves and cut limestone chimneystacks. Rendered walls with render string course and eaves course having render brackets and pilasters to first floor of entrance bay. Portico has fluted limestone Doric columns, cut limestone entablature, and carved limestone steps. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows throughout with limestone sills and barred to basement. Six-over-six pane throughout except for end bays of first floor rear, which are six-over-nine pane. Tripartite windows to first floor of entrance bay and ground floor of side elevations, all having limestone sills. Segmental-headed door opening with timber and glazed double-leaf panelled door, timber pilasters, sidelights with panelled cut limestone bases and decoratively-glazed fanlight.

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