Dunlewy House — Dún Lúiche [Dunlewy]

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1830, with projecting open porch to front (north) elevation, single-bay projection to east forward of two-storey return to east end of rear, latter having four-bay first floor and five-bay ground floor to east elevation and multiple-bay to west elevation, and three-bay single-storey castellated wing to west. Eastern projection has canted bay window to east gable, and front block has full-height canted bay to west gable. Slate roof, mainly hipped, but pitched to eastern projection, with smooth-rendered chimneystacks having moulded clay pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat felt roof to castellated wing, with moulded string course and splayed crenellated parapet. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with projecting plinth course, and full-height canted bay having string courses between floors and sill course to first floor. Square-headed openings with stone sills and mainly six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, double and flanking double six-pane casement with overlights to crenellated wing, and having label-mouldings to front elevation and first floor of gables of front block and to castellated wing. Some two-over-two pane windows to west elevation of return. Ground floor of east projection has window of fifty-six small panes flanked by double twenty-four pane casement windows. Porch has round-headed half-glazed timber door with leaded fanlight, and round-headed unglazed window openings to side walls. Set on rising ground overlooking Loch Dhún Lúiche [Dunlewy Lough] with enclosed yard to rear having single-storey outbuildings and laneway and mature woodlands to east. Gateway to west with ashlar piers having rendered copings with carved lions over, flanked by rubble stone walls, and with ruinous gate lodge.