Riversdale

Detached three-bay single-storey house over half-basement, built c.1860, having two-storey block to north with lean-to addition. Hipped slate roofs having rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Timber sliding sash eight-over-four pane windows, with six-over-six pane to gables and six-over-six and six-over-three pane to rear block, all with limestone sills. Recessed round-headed front entrance having timber doorcase with carved pilasters, timber panelled door and teardrop fanlight. Flight of limestone steps up to front door over basement having cast-iron balusters. Cast-iron railings to basement. Stone outbuilding to rear of house having pitched slate roof and cut stone carriage arch.

An elegant mid-nineteenth-century house in very good condition and retaining the majority of its original features. Of particular interest are the small-pane timber sash windows and front doorway with its ornate fanlight and sweeping limestone steps which conserve the original character of the house. Located just northwest of Ballynavin Castle it is likely to have been associated with this larger house.