house — Main Street

Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, having two-bay single-storey addition to the west gable end having two-gable-fronted dormer windows to the rear (south), and with single-storey addition to the rear (south). Probably originally two adjoining structures, later combined to create a single property. In use as a Royal Irish Constabulary barracks c. 1830-60 (Griffiths Valuation - possibly originally a barracks) and later in use as a hotel c. 1900 (Ordnance Survey twenty-five inch map). Now in use as a private house. Pitched slate roof with three rendered chimneystack, projecting eaves course, and with cast iron rainwater goods. Hipped artificial slate roof to south extension and pitched slate roof to west extension. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth painted plinth course. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills, and replacement two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Irregularly-spaced window openings to the west end of building. Square-headed doorway to the centre of three-bay section to the east having smooth rendered reveal, replacement timber panelled door, and with plain overlight. Road-fronted to the west end of Main Street, Rathmullan. Substantial garden to the rear (south), south-west and south-east of site having rubble stone boundary walls. Pedestrian gateway to the south having wrought-iron flat bar gate.