The Hall — Mountcharles

Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with attic level, built c. 1830, having modern single-storey lean-to extension to the rear (north). Associated with The Hall (see 40847025) to the south. Now in use as a private house. Steeply pitched natural late roof having clay roll ridge tiles, and central ashlar sandstone chimneystack having moulded cornice detail and terracotta pots. Overhanging eaves to the east gable end having exposed purlin ends and with decorative pierced timber bargeboards. Roughcast rendered walls over cement rendered plinth to the main elevation (south). Square-headed window openings with projecting rendered reveals, rendered stone sills, and fixed-pane timber windows with timber mullions and transoms having cast-iron diamond-pane quarry-glazed windows. Square-headed window openings at attic level to side elevations (east and west) having stone sills and eight-over-eight pane timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed doorway to the main elevation (south) having stone plinth blocks to base, battened timber double-doors, and multi-pane overlight. Stone threshold to doorway addressed by two concrete steps. Set slightly back from road adjacent to associated gateway (see 40847023), and located at the start of long winding approach avenue serving The Hall (40847025) to the south. Woodland to site and lawn to south. Remains of single-storey former outbuilding to the north. Located in the rural countryside to the south/south-east of Mountcharles and close to the shores of Donegal Bay.