Saint Joseph's

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1910, with full-height canted end bays. Central two-storey lean-to return and single-storey lean-to bays to rear. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, smooth rendered ruled-and-lined chimneystacks with moulded cornices and terracotta pots, and moulded rendered eaves course. Timber gable-braces and bargeboards with pinnacle finials. Cast-iron profiled guttering and cast-iron square down pipes with trefoil holderbats. Roofs of canted bays concealed. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth to front elevation. Square-headed window openings, shouldered to ground floor of canted-bays, with one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows and stone sills. Square-headed door opening with rendered surrounds, overlight and timber panelled door. Segmental-plan stone steps to entrance. Gateway comprising wrought-iron double-leaf gate mounted on smooth rendered piers to west. Single-storey lean-to outbuilding to rear. House is located to north of Ballybay town, accessed by farm track from south.

This dwelling has a strongly symmetrical form, its setting enhancing its grand, if modest, appearance. The unusually wide space between the doorway and the canted bays, the broad steps and the flanking shouldered surrounds, add interest. The retention of timber sash windows, timber panelled door and other features contributes to the architectural value of the building. The rural setting and impressive prospect on the outskirts of the market town of Ballybay add context.