house — COOLAGHY GLEBE

Detached three-bay two-storey house on L-shaped plan, built c. 1840, having two-bay two-storey return to the rear at the north-west corner. Hipped natural slate roof with projecting eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks having flat coping and decorative clay ware pots over, and with one smooth rendered chimneystack to return having clay ware pots. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with raised ashlar block-and-start quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and having six-over-six pane hornless timber sliding sash windows. Central three-centred arched door opening to the east elevation having double-leaf timber panelled door with ogee-headed motifs with bolection mouldings, flanking cut stone Tuscan columns, infilled sidelights, Tuscan pilasters, and with spider’s web fanlight over; flight of cut stone steps to entrance. Set back from road in own grounds in the rural countryside to the south-east of Raphoe. Detached four bay two-storey outbuilding to the south-west, built c. 1800, having flight of cut stone steps to the north gable end giving access to doorway at first floor level, pitched natural slate roof (now collapsing) with projecting eaves course, raised verges to gable ends (north and south), roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, loop hole openings, and with square-headed doorways and loading bays with remains of timber fittings; some openings now blocked. Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south, c. 1860, having pitched natural slate roof with projecting eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods, rubble stone walls, segmental-headed window openings with red brick block-and-start surrounds, timber fittings, and wrought-iron security bars, and square-headed doorways and loading bays with red brick surrounds and remains of timber fittings. Set on an elevated site with formal garden to front and surrounded by mature trees to south and west. Long approach avenue to house from road to the north. Small walled enclosure to the south of house having rubble stone boundary walls.