Kilgobbin Castle — Kilgobbin Road

Detached five-bay single-storey over part raised basement house, extant 1909, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (west). Hipped slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), clay ridge tiles, rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks having stringcourses below moss-covered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, rooflights to rear (west) pitch, timber bargeboards to gable on timber purlins with timber finial to apex, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on paired timber consoles. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of nine cut-granite steps with cut-granite step threshold, and moulded surround framing glazed timber panelled double doors. Round-headed window openings ("cheeks") with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds (basement) or moulded rendered surrounds (ground floor) framing three-over-three (basement) or one-over-one (ground floor) timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule; square-headed door opening into hall with timber panelled double doors having overlight; hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds with margined rock faced granite ashlar piers to perimeter having margined rock faced cut-granite capping.