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Dromana House — DROMANA (D. WT. BY.)

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Dromana House — DROMANA (D. WT. BY.)
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Detached eight-bay two-storey country house, dated 1745, on an L-shaped plan originally forming part of larger composition with single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey projecting end bay. Occupied, 1901. Leased, 1911. Sold, 1957. Truncated, 1966, producing present composition. Sold, 1995. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stringcourses below concrete capping supporting terracotta pots, lichen-spotted coping to gables, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining embossed cast-iron hoppers and embossed downpipes. Replacement rendered battered walls bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed door opening with threshold, cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystones with ogee-detailed open bed pediment framing glazed timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Set in landscaped grounds.

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