Shankill Castle — Ferndale Road

Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse with half-dormer attic, extant 1778, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (west). Occupied, 1880. Vacant, 1884-93. Occupied, 1896. Occupied, 1911. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, rendered yellow brick header bond coping to gables with yellow brick Running bond chimney stacks to apexes having corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta pots, chevron- or saw tooth-detailed red brick header bond coping to gablets including chevron- or saw tooth-detailed red brick header bond coping to gable (porch) on rendered kneelers, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on red brick header bond eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered roughcast walls to front (east) elevation; cement rendered surface finish (remainder). Tudor-headed central door opening (porch) with cut-granite threshold, and concealed yellow brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing timber panelled double doors. Hipped Tudor-headed door opening into farmhouse with timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled double doors having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed central window opening in tripartite arrangement (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite sill, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows having margins. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors. Set in landscaped grounds.