The Close — McBride Street

Detached five-bay two-storey house with attic level, built c. 1780, having two-bay two-storey return to the rear (north) and with later single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch to the front elevation (south), added c. 1905. Possibly formerly in use as a Presbyterian manse (Second Presbyterian Church). Pitched natural slate roof with projecting cut stone eaves course, two central cement rendered chimneystacks, and with some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to porch with balustrade parapet over. Roughcast rendered walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth and window surrounds and sills. Modern replacement six-over-six timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to main body of building having smooth rendered reveals and surrounds, stone sills, and replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window opening at attic level to east gable end having smooth rendered reveal and surround, stone sills, and replacement six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed windows to south elevation of porch having smooth rendered reveals, continuous moulded sill, and with timber casement windows with leaded coloured glass to upper panes. Square-headed doorway to the east side of porch having timber panelled doors with bolection mouldings to lower sections and glazed upper sections. Set back from road in own grounds to the north of the centre of Raphoe. House aligned at a right-angle to the road-alignment. Garden to site, rubble stone walls to south boundary site. Gateway to the east, erected c. 1905, comprising roughcast rendered gate pier to the south and decorative cast-iron gate post to the north, and with a pair of wrought-iron gates with cast-iron detailing and finials; pedestrian gateway adjacent to the north of cast-iron gate post.