Portnason House — Ballyshannon

Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge associated with Portnason House (see 40910764), built c. 1870, having central projecting gable-fronted porch to the main elevation (west). Now in use as a private house with single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (east). Hipped natural slate roof with overhanging eaves supported on paired moulded brackets, roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, and having central rendered chimneystack with terracotta pots over. Pitched natural slate roof to porch having raised rendered coping/cornice to the west gable end, and with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles. Flat roof to extension hidden behind raised parapet with rendered coping over. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls having raised rendered block-and-start surrounds to the corners of the main building and to porch projection; raised rendered ‘crow stepped’ gable motif to porch. Segmental-headed window openings having plain raised rendered surrounds, sill-course, and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Paired segmental-headed window openings to the north elevation of main block having sill-course, and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window opening to the north face of extension having smooth rendered reveal and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Round-headed door opening to front face of porch (west) having replacement timber panelled door, replacement spoke fanlight, and render hoodmoulding over. Set slightly back from road at the south gateway to Portnason House, at start of long tree lined avenue approach. Small garden to front of site having rebuilt squared rubble stone boundary walls to the west elevation. Wrought-iron railings to the north of site. Pedestrian gateway to the wet having a pair of rebuilt squared rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with hooped wrought-iron gate. Located to the south-west of Ballyshannon town centre.