Gort Presbyterian Manse — Manorcunningham

Detached three-bay two-storey former Presbyterian manse, built c. 1885, having two-storey extension to the rear (west). Now in use as a house. Hipped artificial slate roof (fibre cement) having overhanging eaves with paired moulded brackets on rendered stringcourse, cast-iron rainwater goods including ogee moulded gutters, and with a central pair of stepped red brick chimneystacks with rendered copings and decorative clayware pots over. Hipped artificial slate roof to extension. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth. Paired of segmental-headed window openings to front elevation (east) at ground floor having painted stone sills and two-over-two timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings at first floor level having stone sills and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway to the main elevation (east) having timber panelled double-doors with bolection mouldings, overlight, and with rendered doorcase comprising pilasters (on square-plan) supporting entablature over with pronounced cornice. Doorway served by flight of concrete steps. Set back from road in mature grounds in the rural countryside to the south-west of Manorcunningham. Detached three-bay single-storey outbuilding with dormer attic level to the west having hipped artificial slate roof, pebbledashed walls and square-headed openings with timber sheeted entrance doors and replacement timber window. Formal garden to south-east. Approached from tree-lined laneway to east with gateway to the east comprising a pair of smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having chamfered corners, projecting plinths, stepped capstones over, and with pair of metal gates. Gateway flanked to either side by curved sections of smooth rendered boundary wall and terminated with smooth rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having chamfered corners, projecting plinths, and with stepped capstones over.