Oakfield House — OAKFIELD DEMESNE

Detached five-bay two-storey over basement former Church of Ireland deanery with dormer attic, built c. 1739, having courtyard of outbuildings to the north with curved screen walls to the north-west and north-east of the house. Hipped replacement natural slate roof with overhanging eaves with projecting ashlar sandstone eaves course, three gable-fronted dormer openings to each of the south-west, south-east and north-east elevations having clipped gables with hipped natural slate roof and leaded sides, smooth rendered chimneystacks having cornice coping and decorative clayware pots over, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Raised parapet to flanking screen wall to the north-west having rendered coping with urn finials. Smooth lime rendered walls with projecting plinth course at basement level, and with raised sandstone stringcourse below eaves level. Raised sandstone stringcourses to flanking quadrant screen walls. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills and replacement six-over-six pane hornless timber sliding sash windows at ground and first floor levels, and with six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows at basement level and to dormer openings. Blind square-headed window openings at basement level to front elevation (south-west). Central square-headed doorway to the front elevation (south-west) having timber panelled double-doors, plain overlight, and with cut stone Tuscan doorcase comprising engaged Tuscan pilasters (on tapering square-plan) supporting entablature and pediment over. Doorway approached by flight of cut stone steps flanked by wrought-iron handrail. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds in an elevated site in the rural countryside to the north-east of Raphoe. Complex of adjacent outbuildings (40906214) to the north-west screened from house behind quadrant walls, walled garden (see 40906218) to north-east, gravelled forecourt to the south-west.