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Ardoginna House

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Ardoginna House
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Detached three- or five-bay two-storey country house, extant 1824, on an L-shaped plan originally three- or five-bay two-storey on a rectangular plan with single-bay three-stage turrets to corners on circular plans; three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation. Vacant, 1848-51. Sold, 1864. Vacant, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Vacated, 1918. In alternative use, 1920-1. Now in ruins. Pitched roof now missing. Ivy-covered rendered walls on rendered plinth; ivy-covered rendered surface finish (turrets) with battlemented parapets having lichen-spotted coping. Elliptical-headed central door opening with overgrown threshold, and concealed red brick block-and-start surround with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings with remains of lichen-spotted sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation centred on round-headed window opening (half-landing), remains of lichen-spotted sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds with no fittings surviving. Lancet window openings (turrets) with lichen-spotted sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings. Lancet window openings (second stages) with lichen-spotted sill courses, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings. Quatrefoil openings (top stages) with lichen-spotted sill courses, and concealed dressings with no fittings surviving. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds.

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