Carnowen House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1892, having open cast-iron porch to the centre of the front elevation (south-east), single-bay single-storey canted bay window to the north-east end of the front elevation (south-east), and with two-storey return to the rear at the north-west corner. Hipped natural slate roof having, clay ridge tiles, projecting eaves course, central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks with terracotta pots over, and with profiled cast-iron rainwater goods; pitched natural slate roof and rendered chimneystacks to rear return in rear. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting smooth rendered plinth with rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners of the front elevation (south-east). Square-headed window openings to front elevation having moulded render architraved surrounds with keystone detail, cut stone sills, and with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows; no architraves to canted bay window. Square-headed window openings to the rear return having mainly replacement windows. Central shallow segmental-headed doorway to the main elevation having moulded render architrave surround with keystone detail, plain overlight, replacement glazed timber door, timber pilasters with foliate console brackets and moulded timber lintel over, leaded coloured glass sidelights over timber stallrisers, and stone steps. Encaustic tiled floor to open porch. Decorative open cast-iron porch having moulded cast-iron supports, decorative cast-iron spandrels and panels, moulded dentilated cornice and cast-iron hood, and with balcony over having decorative cast-iron railings. Set slightly back from road in mature grounds to the south-west of Raphoe a short distance to the north-west of Carnowen Presbyterian Church (see 40907023). Garden to the front of site (south-east) having lawn. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings to the rear of site (north-west), c. 1820 and c. 1892, including three-bay two-storey barn with pitched slate roof, rendered rubble stone walls, cast-iron rainwater goods, square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, and square-headed doorways with battened timber fittings. Single-storey outbuildings to site generally with pitched corrugated-metal roofs, rubble stone walls, and square-headed window and door openings. Engine to one outbuilding formerly part of threshing mill to site. Rubble stone walls and wrought-iron gates to site. Modern glass conservatory to south-west elevation. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined boundary walls to road-frontage to the north-east. Vehicular gateway to the south-east of house comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gate piers (on square-plan) having render globe finials over, and with a pair of hooped wrought-iron gates; gateway flanked by sections of low rendered walls with hooped wrought-iron railings over. Date stamp of ‘1892 ’to gates. Pedestrian gateway to the east of house comprising a pair of smooth rendered ruled-and-lined gate piers (on square-plan) having wrought-iron gate with decorative finials. Bullaun stone (see RMP DG070-038---) located to rear of site.