Porta Villa — Greencastle

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having central single-bay single-storey entrance porch to front elevation (south) flanked to either side (east and west) by single-bay single-storey flat-roofed canted bay windows, and with two-storey return to the rear (north). Shallow hipped natural slate roof with wide overhanging eaves, grey clayware ridge tiles, central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots over, and with cast-iron rainwater goods; hipped slate roof to porch and catslide slate roof to return. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings having smooth rendered reveals, stone sills, surrounds and with two-over-two and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to canted bays and replacement fittings at first floor level. Mainly timber sliding sash windows (six-over-six, one-over-one, and six-over-three) to the rear elevation (north). Square-headed door opening to east face of porch having smooth rendered reveals, plinth blocks, timber panelled door, and overlight. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the east of Greencastle overlooking Lough Foyle to the south. Detached four-bay two-storey outbuilding to the rear having pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth, square-headed window openings with variety of sash windows and with timber louvered fittings to opening at first floor level, square-headed doorways with battened timber doors, and central square-headed carriage-arch with battened timber double-doors. Rubble stone walls to the west boundary of site. Gateway to the south-west comprising a pair of rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron flat bar gate.