Ballindoon House — KINGSBOROUGH

Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey over basement country house, extant 1860, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay two-storey breakfront with pedimented prostyle tetrastyle Doric portico; three-bay two-storey rear (south) elevation centred on single-bay two-storey breakfront on a bowed plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Replacement hipped fibre-cement slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on replacement pitched (gabled) fibre-cement slate roof (breakfront) with raised seam polycarbonate dome (south), clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks on axis with ridge having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, and uPVC rainwater goods on dentilated cornice retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered, ruled and lined base with dentilated cornice; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish to rear (south) elevation on rendered, ruled and lined base with monolithic pilasters to corners supporting dentilated cornice. Square-headed central door opening behind pedimented prostyle tetrastyle Doric portico on tessellated platform approached by flight of three cut-limestone steps with rendered columns having responsive pilasters supporting modillioned pediment on "triglyph"-detailed frieze on entablature, and moulded rendered surround with cornice on blind frieze framing timber panelled double doors. Square-headed window openings ("cheeks") with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing margined one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-limestone sills, and moulded rendered surrounds framing margined one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing margined one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed central window openings to rear (south) elevation with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing margined one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-limestone sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing margined one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing margined one-over-one timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall on a pierced quatrefoil plan retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to cross beamed ceiling; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds with cast-iron octagonal piers to perimeter having paired stringcourses below polygonal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.