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Castle Farm — Ballyduff

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Castle Farm — Ballyduff
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Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, c.1825, possibly incorporating fabric of earlier building, 1627, on site with single-bay single-storey end bay with half-dormer attic to south-east, and single-bay two-storey return to north-east. Refenestrated, c.2000. Hipped gabled slate roof (pitched to end bay and to return) with clay ridge tiles, cut-stone chimney stacks, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, c.2000. Painted roughcast walls with rendered rusticated quoins. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and rendered surrounds. Replacement uPVC casement windows, c.2000, with one early 2/2 timber sash window to rear (north-east) elevation. Elliptical-headed door opening with timber panelled door and spoked fanlight. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with concrete forecourt.(ii) Attached two-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1825, to south-west possibly incorporating fabric of earlier building, 1627, with pair of elliptical-headed carriageways. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and cut-stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar. Square-headed window openings with no sills, cut-stone voussoirs, and timber boarded fittings. Pair of elliptical-headed carriageways with cut-stone voussoirs, and timber boarded double doors.(iii) Detached three-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1825, to north-west. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles. Random rubble stone walls (mostly ivy-clad). Square-headed window openings with no sills, and timber boarded fittings. Square-headed door opening with timber boarded door. Carriageway (profile obscured by ivy) with timber boarded double doors.(iv) Remains of freestanding three-bay three-storey rubble stone Jacobean house, built 1627, to south. Destroyed, c.1650. Now in ruins. Pitched roof now gone with rubble stone (gable-ended) chimney stacks having cut-stone stringcourses, and no rainwater goods surviving on squared rubble stone eaves. Random rubble stone walls with lime mortar, remains of unpainted lime render over, and cut-stone stringcourse to top floor. Profile of openings not discernible with no remains of fittings surviving.

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