The Lodge — Carrigans

Detached five-bay single-storey house, built c. 1830. Originally associated with Dunmore House (see 40828003), possibly as a lodge. Later in use as a school house, c. 1910, and later as gardener’s house associated with Dunmore House, c. 1930. Now in use as house with modern single-storey return to the rear (north). Hipped artificial slate roof with overhanging eaves with mutules\brackets, smooth rendered eaves course with stringcourse, clay ridge tiles, two central rendered chimneystacks having stepped caps, and with replacement rainwater goods. Pebbledash rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having moulded architrave surrounds with entablatures over having decorative diamond-pattern to frieze and with projecting flat cornice over, painted stone sills, and with replacement window fittings. Central square-headed door opening to front elevation (south) having moulded architrave surround with timber entablature over having decorative diamond-pattern to frieze and with projecting flat cornice over, painted plinth blocks, replacement timber panelled door, and with plain overlight. Square-headed door opening to the east side elevation having moulded architrave surround with timber entablature over having decorative diamond-pattern to frieze and with projecting flat cornice over, painted plinth blocks, replacement battened timber door, and with decorative overlight with cast-iron tracery. Road-fronted to the east end of Carrigans and to the south-west of Dunmore House at start of former pathway to house. Carrigans Church of Ireland church (see 40828001) across the road to the south. Rendered\limewashed rubble stone walls to either side elevations (east and west) of house. Gateways to either side of house having rendered\limewashed gate piers (on square-plan) with rendered coping over, and with wrought-iron flat-bar double-gates to the west, and wrought-iron gate to the east.