Russborough House — Lifford

Detached three-bay two-storey house on complex irregular-plan, built c. 1910, having central projecting bay to front elevation (north), single-storey box bay window to the east elevation, and open timber porch to the east end of advanced bay having single-storey canted bay window behind. Later in use as hotel and guest house with large extension to the rear (south). Now out of use. Hipped natural slate roofs with terracotta ridge tiles, smooth rendered eaves course, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods, and a central pair of yellow brick chimneystacks having cornice coping and clay ware pots over. Roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth with smooth rendered block-and-start quoins to the corners. Smooth rendered walls to canted bay and box bay windows. Square-headed window openings, some paired, having painted sills, stucco architraved surrounds, and with two-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows. Open timber porch to the east end of the front elevation having pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles supported on timber posts with curved timber spandrels, decorative latticed timber panels to eaves, and with decorative latticed timber parapet walls. Set back from road in own grounds to the south of the centre of Lifford.