Ballykine House — BALLYKINE LOWER

Detached three-bay single-storey game keeper's house with half-dormer attic, built 1862; extant 1894, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued alternative use. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with trefoil-perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles centred on tuck pointed snecked limestone chimney stack on chamfered base having cut-limestone capping supporting crested terracotta pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered tuck pointed snecked limestone walls on lichen-covered cut-limestone chamfered plinth with drag edged dragged cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with cut-limestone threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone lintel framing timber panelled door. Square-headed flanking window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Set back from road in landscaped grounds.