Ballyhasky House — Newtowncunningham

Detached five-bay two-storey house with attic storey, built c. 1780, having basement\cellar level to rear (south), and with later two-bay two-storey return to south, built c. 1880, and with single-bay single-storey shed\outbuilding attached to the east gable end. Pitched artificial slate roof (fibre cement) roof with projecting smooth rendered eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with smooth rendered chimneystacks to gable ends (east and west) having yellow polygonal clay pots over; smooth rendered chimneystack to the south gable end of return having yellow circular clay pots over. Painted roughcast rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth course, and with smooth rendered banded and channelled quoins to the corners of the front elevation (north), to the west corner of the rear elevation, and to the south gable end of return. Square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, painted sills, and with six-over-six pane hornless timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window openings to the rear having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and some replacement fittings. Central square-headed door opening to the front elevation (north) with render architrave door surround incorporating keystone over, smooth rendered reveals, timber panelled door with bolection mouldings, moulded timber lintel, and with plain overlight. Square-headed door opening to return with battened timber door; square-headed doorway at basement level to rear approached by steps from rear of building. Set back from road in own grounds to the south-east of Newtowncunningham. Mature trees and gardens to site. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings arranged around a gravelled courtyard to the rear (south). Main two-storey outbuilding to the south having pitched natural slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles and metal rainwater goods, random rubble walls, square-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement fittings, wrought-iron security bars\grilles to ground floor window openings, square-headed doorways with red brick block-and-start surrounds and replacement timber half-doors, segmental-headed carriage-arch having red brick voussoirs and red brick block-and-start surrounds, and with external flight of steps to the east gable end giving access to doorway at first floor level. Single-storey outbuildings to the west and to the east having corrugated-metal roofs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed window and door openings with red brick surrounds. Trees and hedgerows to site boundary to the west. Gateway to the north-west of site having a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having inset roughcast rendered panels to front face (north), smooth rendered plinth course, smooth rendered coping, and with a pair of decorative wrought-iron gates.