Bartragh House — BARTRAGH ISLAND

Detached three- or five-bay single-storey part double-pile country house with half-dormer attic, extant 1838, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled breakfront; four-bay (north) or single-bay (south) full-height side elevations. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1946. In occasional use, 1952-78. For sale, 1978. Sold, 1989. Renovated, 1992-3. Now disused. Replacement hipped part double-pile (M-profile) fibre-cement slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) fibre-cement slate roof (breakfront), lichen-spotted concrete ridge tiles, paired cement rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves. Part repointed coursed or snecked limestone walls originally rendered on overgrown plinth with monolithic pilasters to corners; part repointed coursed or snecked limestone walls (breakfront) with monolithic pilasters to corners having paired stringcourses below battlemented capping. Tudor-headed central opening with overgrown threshold, and yellow brick voussoirs having chamfered reveals with no fittings surviving. Round-headed window openings to "cheeks" with cut-limestone sills, and yellow brick block-and-start surrounds with no fittings surviving. Square-headed window opening (half-dormer attic) with cut-limestone sill, and yellow brick voussoirs with hood moulding over on label stops framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Paired square-headed flanking window openings with cut-limestone sill courses, and yellow brick block-and-start surrounds with hood mouldings over framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-limestone sills on beaded consoles, and yellow brick block-and-start surrounds with hood mouldings over on label stops framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (north) retaining carved timber surrounds to window openings framing remains of timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, and egg-and-dart-detailed plasterwork cornice to ceiling; reception room (south) retaining carved timber surrounds to window openings framing remains of timber panelled shutters on panelled risers; and carved timber surrounds to window openings to remainder framing remains of timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in unkempt grounds in hillside on island.