The Old Rectory — Carraig Art [Carrickart]

Detached three-bay two-storey former Church of Ireland rectory, built c. 1895, having complex of two-storey outbuildings to the north-east. Originally associated with the Holy Trinity Church of Ireland church (see 40808002) located a short distance to the south. Now in use as a community centre. Hipped natural slate roof with four rendered chimneystacks, two central chimneystacks to the front and two central to the rear. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls to front elevation (south-east) with raised smooth rendered (or ashlar) block-and-start quoins to the corners of the front elevation. Exposed rubble stone walls to rear with ashlar block-and-start quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with projecting smooth rendered surrounds, stone sills and with two-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to the front elevation. Replacement windows to majority of openings to the side elevations; exposed red brick block-and-start surrounds to window openings to rear. Central round-headed doorway to the front elevation having smooth rendered reveal, replacement timber door, overlight, and replacement sidelights. Single stone step to the entrance door. Attached six-bay two-storey outbuilding\service wing to the north-east (on L-shaped plan) having pitched natural slate roofs, random rubble sandstone walls, square-headed window and door openings some with timber and red brick lintels, and with replacement windows and doors. Infilled former segmental-headed carriage-arch having roughly dressed voussoirs. Section of rubble stone boundary wall to the north-east side of dwelling creating courtyard with outbuilding. Gateway to the south-east corner of courtyard comprising a pair of ashlar limestone gate piers (on square-plan) having rendered coping and modern metal gates. Set well back from road in extensive grounds to the north-east of the centre of Carrickart and to the north of associated church. Site overlooks Mulroy Bay to the west. Long approach avenue to house from the south having gateway at entrance comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on circular-plan) with a pair pf decorative cast- and wrought-iron gates.