Drumbrean Cottage

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1780, with three-bay single-storey return to middle of rear, and lean-to single-storey structure to west gable. Hipped slate roof, with paired red brick chimneystacks with decorative cast-iron pots, tall red brick stack to return, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered coursed rubble stone walls, with cut-stone quoins. Square-headed diminishing window openings, with original six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor, and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, with rendered reveals, stone sills and evidence of gauged-brick window surrounds where render has come away. Square-headed window opening to return with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed main door opening, with original doorcase, to centre of south elevation, having cobweb fanlight and geometrical-glazed sidelights, set in stone door surround of engaged fluted round-plan columns on engaged square-plan plinth, with plain moulded entablature. Original raised-and-fielded panelled door of eight panels, and cast-iron doorbell to wall. Range of single and two-storey stable and farm buildings forming courtyard to rear, with pitched slated roofs, coursed rubble limestone walls, segmental-headed openings with brick surrounds to timber battened doors doors and timber-framed windows. Double-leaf wrought-iron vehicular gate to east of house with square-plan piers, decorative wrought-iron pedestrian gate to south of house flanked by cut-stone square-plan piers. Main approach from south-west with wrought-iron gates on square-plan piers, with curved wall to either side. Located north of Ballybay to Newbliss road to north of Drumkeen Presbyterian Church and Dundalk to Enniskillen Branch of Ulster Railway.